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Antique leather bound books for decoration 1750 to 1930. May, 2015 slam poetry is one of the most recent cultural innovations of african americans. In the vintage book of african american poetry, editors harper and walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the united states from the neoclassical stylings of slave born phillis wheatley to the pst modern artistry of yuslef komunyakaa. Poetry books that celebrate african american history and. Pdf download the vintage book of contemporary american. Oct 17, 2011 her book thomas and beulah, a collection of poems based loosely on the lives of her grandparents, earned her a pulitzer prize for poetry in 1987, the second awarded to an african american.
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