The Flowering of African American Poetry Today

63 minutes, , United States

Executive Producer: Joanne V. Gabbin, Producer: Judith McCray, Editor: John Hodges

The Flowering of African American Poetry Today

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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
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