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Poemhood : our Black revival : history, folklore & the Black experience : a young adult poetry anthology /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McBride, Amber (Editor), Byas, Taylor (Poet) (Editor), Martin, Erica (Halcyenda Erica) (Editor), Alexander, Kwame (Contributor), Alleyne, Lauren K. (Contributor), Asim, Jabari, 1962- (Contributor), Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (Contributor), Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 (Contributor), Browne, Mahogany L. (Contributor), Carson, DeeSoul (Contributor), Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010 (Contributor), Comrie, Courtne (Contributor), Diaka, Ama Asantewa (Contributor), Douglass, Ryan (Contributor), Eady, Antwan (Contributor), Fuller, Kandace (Contributor), Gabbin, Joanne V. (Contributor), Giovanni, Nikki (Contributor), Hicks, Faylita (Contributor), Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (Contributor), Jones, Jeanine (Poet) (Contributor), Keith, Tony, Jr (Contributor), Knight, Etheridge, 1931-1991 (Contributor), Liggins, Simone (Contributor), Lorde, Audre (Contributor), McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 (Contributor), Minor, Rodrick (Contributor), Perry, Jamar J (Contributor), Priest, Joy (Contributor), Renée, L. (Poet) (Contributor), Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- (Contributor), Smith, Danez (Contributor), Stephens, Fatima (Contributor), Teklit, Jonny (Contributor), Thompson, Tariq (Contributor), Vincent, Donald (Contributor), Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 (Contributor), Woodfolk, Ashley (Contributor), Zoboi, Ibi Aanu (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
African Americans > Poetry.
Black people > Poetry.
American poetry.
Poetry > Collections.
Poetry > Black authors.
Poetry > Black authors > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Juvenile poetry.
Black people > Juvenile poetry.
Poetry > Black authors > Juvenile poetry.
American poetry > Juvenile poetry.
Poésie > Auteurs noirs > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Noirs américains > Poésie pour la jeunesse.
Personnes noires > Poésie pour la jeunesse.
Poésie américaine > Poésie pour la jeunesse.
Poésie > Collections.
Poésie > Auteurs noirs > Poésie pour la jeunesse.
Noirs américains > Poésie.
Personnes noires > Poésie.
Poésie américaine.
Poésie > Auteurs noirs.
Poetry > Juvenile literature.
Young adult literature.
poetry.
Poetry.
Poésie.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro: Young Afrikans / Gwendolyn Brooks
  • V. 1: LIVIN'. Power / Audre Lorde
  • The South / Erica Martin
  • Colors / Fatima Stephens
  • Textured / Kandace Fuller
  • 10:32 p.m. / Courtne Comrie
  • Views for Damani / Tony Keith Jr.
  • Greasy Butt Kids / Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin
  • Laughers / Langston Hughes
  • Like a Wildfire / Ashley Woodfolk
  • Won't You Celebrate with Me / Lucille Clifton
  • Douen / Lauren K. Alleyne
  • V. 2: GAWD. Genesis / Etheridge Knight
  • Exodus / Jamar J. Perry
  • Soup-her-stitions / Jeanine Jones
  • Runaway / Ryan Douglass
  • The Lynching / Claude McKay
  • A Hymn to the Evening / Phillis Wheatley
  • Five in One / Ama Asantewa Diaka
  • Other World: A Veneration / Faylita Hicks
  • 20/20 / Simone Liggins
  • Paper Mills / Antwan Eady
  • Hottentot Girl Summer / Ibi Zoboi
  • V. 3: HAUNTING WATER. Wrath of Scaled Gods / Mahogany L. Browne
  • Portrait of a Daughter / Donald Vincent (aka Mr. Hip)
  • Moon wants in on the Groove / DeeSoul Carson
  • This is not a Small Voice / Sonia Sanchez
  • Loophole of Retreat / Joy Priest
  • The Southern Mermaid / Amber McBride
  • Untitled / James Baldwin
  • The Little Black Boy Finds Some Shade / Tariq Thompson
  • Follow the Drinking Gourd / American Folk Song (author unknown)
  • Middle Passage: Day One / Kwame Alexander
  • New Curriculum on Water / Taylor Byas
  • V. 4: Magickal. Mumble the Magic Words / Jabari Asim
  • A Fable / Etheridge Knight
  • Anansi's Bop / Rodrick Minor
  • Enough Room / Taylor Byas
  • (un)chained / Erica Martin
  • Ink & Thunderstorms / Amber McBride
  • Why the Mosquito Buzzes in Your Ear / Danez Smith
  • Grandmother Goddess / L. Renée
  • Black Mythology / Jonny Teklit
  • We Write / Nikki Giovanni.