Book Description 内容简介
The Sixth Wave of African American poetry reflected a diversity of educational, social, political, economic and spiritual experiences. It covered a period from the late 1970s to the 1990s. During this period, women poets in particular, distinguished themselves as powerful new voices, challenging traditional views of Blackness and helping to demonstrate an unprecendented depth and variety of experiences. Experience the power of poetic diversity that was the Sixth Wave through selections of poetry by contemporary luminaries including Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Kwame Senu Dawes, Essex Hemphill, Marilyn Nelson and Yosef Komunyakaa. This is the third book in the Poetry from the Masters series.
About the Author 作者简介
Quraysh Ali Lansana is the author of three poetry books, including They Shall Run: Harriet Tubman Poems (Third World Press, 2004), a children"s book entitled The Big World (Addison-Wesley, 1998), and editor of seven anthologies, including Dream of A Word: The Tia Chucha Press Poetry Anthology (Tia Chucha Press, 2006). He is Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing at Chicago State University, where he is also Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing. A former faculty member of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and a former Associate Editor-Poetry for Black Issues Book Review, Lansana earned a Masters of Fine Arts degree at the Creative Writing Program at New York University, where he was a Departmental Fellow. Toni Asante Lightfoot is a writer, teacher, and activist. A native of Washington, DC, Lightfoot started her poetry career performing in cafes and jazz clubs in the nation s capital. Along with other members of The Modern Urban Griots, she co-wrote, directed, and starred in Everything I Never Told You Became a Poem and Jazz, Wine, and Poetry: An Almost Love Story. Alone as well as along with several groups, Lightfoot has performed all over the US, Canada, and Trinidad & Tobago. She has been published in several anthologies such as Role Call (Third World Press), Beyond the Frontier (Black Classics Press) and is the co-editor of Dream of a Word: The Tia Chucha Press Poetry Anthology (Tia Chucha Press). Her voice and poetry appears on numerous CDs. Lightfoot is currently the manager of educational programs for Young Chicago Authors. She lives on Chicago"s Southside with her husband Setondji A. Gbegan.
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