Furious Flower III Volume 4 - The Flowering of African American Poetry Today

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

The conference’s final thematic focus was the role of formal innovation in defining and developing a Black aesthetics for the future. These seven poets explore directions which are “pushing the envelope” of African American poetic expression.  Featuring:

• Tyehimba Jess
• Major Jackson
• Evie Shockley
• Jericho Brown
• Mendi Lewis Obadike
• Thomas Sayers Ellis
• Yusef Komunyakaa