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Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry

by Jerry W. Ward (Editor)

Other authors: Samuel Allen (Contributor), Maya Angelou (Contributor), Alvin Aubert (Contributor), Houston A. Baker Jr (Contributor), Amiri Baraka (Contributor)96 more, George Barlow (Contributor), Gerald Barrax (Contributor), Gwendolyn Bennett (Contributor), Arna Bontemps (Contributor), William Stanley Braithwaite (Contributor), Charles R. Braxton (Contributor), Virgia Brocks-Shedd (Contributor), Gwendolyn Brooks (Contributor), Jonathan Henderson Brooks (Contributor), Sterling A. Brown (Contributor), James Edwin Campbell (Contributor), Kiarri TH Cheatwood (Contributor), Marcus B Christian (Contributor), Lucille Clifton (Contributor), Wanda Coleman (Contributor), James David Corrothers (Contributor), Jayne Cortez (Contributor), Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr (Contributor), Cotter Sr. Joseph Seamon (Contributor), Countee Cullen (Contributor), Margaret Esse Danner (Contributor), Frank Marshall Davis (Contributor), Clarissa Scott Delany (Contributor), Tom Dent (Contributor), Owen Dodson (Contributor), Rita Dove (Contributor), Henry Dumas (Contributor), Paul Laurence Dunbar (Contributor), Mari Evans (Contributor), Sarah Webster Fabio (Contributor), Julia Fields (Contributor), Quo Vadis Gex-Breaux (Contributor), Nikki Giovanni (Contributor), Angelina Weld Grimke (Contributor), Jupiter Hammon (Contributor), Frances EW Harper (Contributor), Michael S Harper (Contributor), Robert Hayden (Contributor), David Henderson (Contributor), Calvin Hernton (Contributor), George Moses Horton (Contributor), Langston Hughes (Contributor), Angela Jackson (Contributor), Lance Jeffers (Contributor), Ted Joans (Contributor), Fenton Johnson (Contributor), Georgia Douglas Johnson (Contributor), James Weldon Johnson (Contributor), June Jordan (Contributor), Bob Kaufman (Contributor), Sybil Kein (Contributor), Etheridge Knight (Contributor), Yusef Komunyakaa (Contributor), Pinkie Gordon Lane (Contributor), Audre Lorde (Contributor), Naomi Long Madgett (Contributor), Haki R Madhubuti (Contributor), Clarence Major (Contributor), Kenneth A McClane (Contributor), Colleen McElroy (Contributor), Claude McKay (Contributor), E. Ethelbert Miller (Contributor), May Miller (Contributor), Lenard D. Moore (Contributor), Harryette Mullen (Contributor), Larry Neal (Contributor), Raymond R. Patterson (Contributor), Daniel A. Payne (Contributor), Ann Plato (Contributor), Sterling D. Plumpp (Contributor), Lucy Terry Prince (Contributor), Dudley Randall (Contributor), Henrietta Cordelia Ray (Contributor), Eugene Redmond (Contributor), Ishmael Reed (Contributor), Carolyn Rodgers (Contributor), Sonia Sanchez (Contributor), Ntozake Shange (Contributor), Anne Spencer (Contributor), Elma Stuckey (Contributor), Lorenzo Thomas (Contributor), Julius E. Thompson (Contributor), Melvin B Tolson (Contributor), Jean Toomer (Contributor), Askia M Toure (Contributor), Quincy Troupe (Contributor), Alice Walker (Contributor), Margaret Walker (Contributor), Nayo Barbara Malcolm Watkins (Contributor), Phillis Wheatley (Contributor), James M. Whitfield (Contributor), Albery A. Whitman (Contributor), Richard Wright (Contributor), Kalamu ya Salaam (Contributor), Al Young (Contributor), Ahmos Zu-Bolton (Contributor)

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The haunting refrain of the anonymous spiritual "Were You Dere?," the classic rhymes of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "Bury Me in a Free Land," the jazz beat of Maya Angelou's "Times-Square-Shoeshine-Composition," and the exquisite balance of Etheridge Knight's haikus-the entire rich and varied tradition of African-American poetry appears in this superb anthology, unified throughout by the authenticity of experiences wrung straight from the soul.Trouble the Water, the first collection to cover close to 300 years of poetic achievement in 400 important works by African-American writers, features women as half the contributors and includes nearly 50 poems from the 1980s and 1990s.… (more)
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Ward, Jerry W.Editorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Allen, SamuelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Angelou, MayaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Aubert, AlvinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Baker Jr, Houston A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Baraka, AmiriContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barlow, GeorgeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barrax, GeraldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bennett, GwendolynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bontemps, ArnaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Brocks-Shedd, VirgiaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brooks, GwendolynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brooks, Jonathan HendersonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brown, Sterling A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Campbell, James EdwinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Christian, Marcus BContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clifton, LucilleContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Davis, Frank MarshallContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Jackson, AngelaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Lane, Pinkie GordonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lorde, AudreContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Madgett, Naomi LongContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Madhubuti, Haki RContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Major, ClarenceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McClane, Kenneth AContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McElroy, ColleenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McKay, ClaudeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Miller, E. EthelbertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Miller, MayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Moore, Lenard D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Neal, LarryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Prince, Lucy TerryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Ray, Henrietta CordeliaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Redmond, EugeneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Reed, IshmaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rodgers, CarolynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sanchez, SoniaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shange, NtozakeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Spencer, AnneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stuckey, ElmaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thomas, LorenzoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thompson, Julius E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tolson, Melvin BContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Toomer, JeanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Toure, Askia MContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Troupe, QuincyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Walker, AliceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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The haunting refrain of the anonymous spiritual "Were You Dere?," the classic rhymes of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "Bury Me in a Free Land," the jazz beat of Maya Angelou's "Times-Square-Shoeshine-Composition," and the exquisite balance of Etheridge Knight's haikus-the entire rich and varied tradition of African-American poetry appears in this superb anthology, unified throughout by the authenticity of experiences wrung straight from the soul.Trouble the Water, the first collection to cover close to 300 years of poetic achievement in 400 important works by African-American writers, features women as half the contributors and includes nearly 50 poems from the 1980s and 1990s.

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