TY  - BOOK
AU  - Melhem,D.H.
TI  - Heroism in the new Black poetry: introductions & interviews 
SN  - 9780813158136
AV  - PS153 .H476 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Madhubuti, Haki R.,
KW  - American poetry
KW  - African American authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 20th century
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Poets, American
KW  - Interviews
KW  - African American poets
KW  - African Americans in literature
KW  - Heroes in literature
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Gwendolyn Brooks: Humanism and Heroism; INTERVIEW; 2. Dudley Randall: The Poet as Humanist; INTERVIEW; 3. Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee): Prescriptive Revolution; INTERVIEW; 4. Sonia Sanchez: The Will and the Spirit; INTERVIEW; 5. Jayne Cortez: Supersurrealist Vision; INTERVIEW; 6. Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones): Revolutionary Traditions; INTERVIEW; That Is Construction; Index; 2; b
N2  - D.H. Melhem's clear introductions and frank interviews provide insight into the contemporary social and political consciousness of six acclaimed poets: Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jayne Cortez, Haki R. Madhubuti, Dudley Randall, and Sonia Sanchez. Since the 1960s, the poet hero has characterized a significant segment of Black American poetry. The six poets interviewed here have participated in and shaped the vanguard of this movement. Their poetry reflects the critical alternatives of African American life --
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