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Just prior to the Second World War, and even more explosively in the 1950s and 1960s, a far-reaching revolution in aesthetics and prosody by black poets ensued. Little of this work has been reflected in anthologies and college syllabi, and the work of black experimental poets continues to be neglected. This anthology presents the groundbreaking work of poets carrying on the legacy of innovators such as Tolson, Brooks, Baraka, and Hayden, while showcasing brilliant work--much of it unpublished or out of print--by under-recognized poets such as Russell Atkins, Lloyd Addison, Elouise Loftin, Stephen Jonas, David Henderson, Tom Weatherly, and a wealth of others. A critical introduction by the editors introduces the anthology.
"With sensitivity, intelligence, and careful work [the editors] present a bumper crop of quite remarkable poetry"--Lorenzo Thomas
"A critical starting point from which literary historians and chroniclers of African American expressive culture can begin to revise the current accounting of black poetic experiment."--Meta DuEwa Jones
Posted November 18, 2005
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