American Negro Poetry: An Anthology

by Arna Bontemps and Bontemps Arna

Book Overview

With 200,000 copies in print, this anthology has for decades been seen as a fundamental collection of African-American verse. Bontemps (1902-73), an important figure during and after the Harlem Renaissance, author of more than 25 novels, and longtime librarian at Fisk University, last revised this classic anthology just before his death, adding such crucial new voices as Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, and Bob Kaufman, among others. This edition, issued...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809015641
• ISBN13: 9780809015641
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"