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book: Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 | Michael S. Harper, Anthony Walton

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	• Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 Michael S. Harper, Anthony Walton Little Brown & Co (T), 1994 - 327 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews
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Brilliant Poetry Collides

A collection of some of the greatest African-American poets. A wonderful synthesis of some of the most fantastic, most underestimated minds in society.

Superb collection

A superb collection of influential and inspirational poets, Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep is a wonderful addition to any poetry enthusiast's library. Assembled by Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton; this anthology of African-American penned poems features thought provoking and surprisingly emotionally pumping entries by post WWII writers Robert Hayden, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sonia Sanchez, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Alexander, and Harper himself to boot among others. Each author contributes a number of their poems, and among the hundred plus poems, there is not a single one that feels out of place or dated at all (Alexander's "Narrative: Ali", told in "12 rounds", is one of the best examples of poetry that I have ever come across). A required text for a class I'm currently taking, this is one of the few poetry books I've been assigned that I have actually enjoyed. Definitely worth owning for poetry enthusiasts, and worth checking out even for those who aren't.

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A collection of postwar African-American poetry showcases the works of such poets as Derek Walcott, Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed, Gwendolyn Brooks, Audre Lorde, and others.