The Flowering of African American Poetry Today
63 minutes, , United States
Executive Producer: Joanne V. Gabbin, Producer: Judith McCray, Editor: John Hodges
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.
Tyehimba Jess
Major Jackson
Evie Shockley
Jericho Brown
Mendi Lewis Obadike
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Yusef Komunyakaa
Tyehimba Jess
Major Jackson
Evie Shockley
Jericho Brown
Mendi Lewis Obadike
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Yusef Komunyakaa
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