The Ringing Ear
by Nikky Finney
American poetryAfrican American authorsAfrican AmericansPoetryAmerican poetry, african american authorsAmerican poetry, history and criticism, 21st centuryBlacks in literature
"The South: to render all that it means to an African American takes someone with acutely tuned senses, someone with a patience, a passion even, for the region's history and contradictions. It takes a poet. In this new anthology, the first of its kind, more than one hundred contemporary Black poets laugh at and cry about, pray for and curse, flee and return to the South"--Page 4 of cover.
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Book data: Open Library