Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology

by Amber McBride (Editor), Taylor Byas (Editor), Erica Martin (Editor)

Other authors: Kwame Alexander (Contributor), Lauren K Alleyne (Contributor), Jabari Asim (Contributor), James Baldwin (Contributor), Gwendolyn Brooks (Contributor) — 31 more, Mahogany L. Browne (Contributor), DeeSoul Carson (Contributor), Lucille Clifton (Contributor), Courtne Comrie (Contributor), Ama Asantewa Diaka (Contributor), Ryan Douglass (Contributor), Antwan Eady (Contributor), Kandace Fuller (Contributor), Joanne V. Gabbin (Contributor), Nikki Giovanni (Contributor), Faylita Hicks (Contributor), Langston Hughes (Contributor), Jeanine Jones (Contributor), Tony Keith Jr (Contributor), Etheridge Knight (Contributor), Simone Liggins (Contributor), Audre Lorde (Contributor), Claude McKay (Contributor), Rodrick Minor (Contributor), Jamar J. Perry (Contributor), Joy Priest (Contributor), L. Renee (Contributor), Sonia Sanchez (Contributor), Danez Smith (Contributor), Fatima Stephens (Contributor), Jonny Teklit (Contributor), Tariq Thompson (Contributor), Donald Vincent (Contributor), Phillis Wheatley (Contributor), Ashley Woodfolk (Contributor), Ibi Zoboi (Contributor)

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Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.

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I thought this was going to be a collection by Black teen poets and not by adults. Still, the poetry is rich and varied and powerful. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
McBride, Amber	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Byas, Taylor	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Martin, Erica	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Alexander, Kwame	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Alleyne, Lauren K	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Asim, Jabari	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baldwin, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brooks, Gwendolyn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Browne, Mahogany L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carson, DeeSoul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Clifton, Lucille	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Comrie, Courtne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Diaka, Ama Asantewa	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Douglass, Ryan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Eady, Antwan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fuller, Kandace	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gabbin, Joanne V.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Giovanni, Nikki	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hicks, Faylita	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hughes, Langston	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jones, Jeanine	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Keith Jr, Tony	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Knight, Etheridge	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Liggins, Simone	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lorde, Audre	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McKay, Claude	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Minor, Rodrick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Perry, Jamar J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Priest, Joy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Renee, L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sanchez, Sonia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smith, Danez	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stephens, Fatima	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Teklit, Jonny	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Thompson, Tariq	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vincent, Donald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wheatley, Phillis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Woodfolk, Ashley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Zoboi, Ibi	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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