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  Title

  Angles of ascent : a Norton anthology of contemporary African American poetry

  Author

  Rowell, Charles H.  

  Publisher:

  W.W. Norton & Co.,

  Pub date:

  c2013.

  Pages:

  liii, 617 p. ;

  ISBN:

  9780393339406

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Aurora Campus.
  

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    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    PS508 .N3 A86 2013	1	Book	Available, On shelf

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  ISBN:

  9780393339406 (pbk.) : $24.95

  ISBN:

  0393339408 (pbk.)

  029:

  DEBBG BV039558850

  029:

  UNITY 126523878

  029:

  HAF 0393339408

  Title:

  Angles of ascent : a Norton anthology of contemporary African American poetry / edited by Charles Henry Rowell.

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Publication info:

  New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2013.

  Physical description:

  liii, 617 p. ; 24 cm.

  Contents:

  Precursors. Modernists, 1940s to 1960s ; The 1960s and beyond : the black arts movement ; The 1960s and beyond : outside the black arts movement -- Heirs. First wave, post-1960s ; Second wave, post-1960s ; Third wave, post-1960s.

  Summary:

  "This landmark anthology brings together for the first time more than three hundred poems by over seventy African American poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Ai, Toi Derricotte, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Alexander, Natasha Tretheway, Major Jackson, and Kevin Young. Angles of Ascent looks to the immediate past of contemporary African American poetry, including the influence of Modernism in the 1950's and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's, before turning toward the current thriving literary sceneand beyond. General readers and specialists alike will treasure this collection for its diverse readings of humanity by modern and contemporary African American poets as well as its comprehensive introductions and commentary."-- Provided by publisher.

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  Subject term:

  American poetry--African American authors.

  Subject term:

  American poetry--21st century.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Rowell, Charles H.

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