Furious Flower III Volume 2 - Cultivating a Poetry for Social Change, Resistance and Truth Telling

Available as part of the series Furious Flower III or as part of the 3 series compilation Furious Flower: The Complete Edition

This volume recalls the key role played by poets as architects of the Black Arts Movement, their contribution to the African American Freedom Struggle and adaptation to the political changes of the past half-century. It features a panel: “S.O.S Calling All Black People: Honoring the Memory of Amiri Baraka.” Readings by the ten poets below reveal how African American poetry acts both as an historical witness and advocate for racial justice.  Featuring:

• John Bracey, Jr.
• Tony Medina
• Haki Madhubuti
• Quincy Troupe
• Ishmael Reed
• Evie Shockley
• jessica Care more
• Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
• Camille Dungy
• Nikki Giovanni
• Sonia Sanchez