The Vintage Book of African American Poetry: 200 Years of Vision, Struggle, Power, Beauty, and Triumph from 50 Outstanding Poets

In The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, editors Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the United States--200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 52 outstanding poets.

From the neoclassical stylings of slave-born Phillis Wheatley to the wistful lyricism of Paul Lawrence Dunbar . . . the rigorous wisdom of Gwendolyn Brooks...the chiseled modernism of Robert Hayden...the extraordinary prosody of Sterling A. Brown...the breathtaking, expansive narratives of Rita Dove...the plaintive rhapsodies of an imprisoned Elderidge Knight . . . The postmodern artistry of Yusef Komunyaka.  Here, too, is a landmark exploration of lesser-known artists whose efforts birthed the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts movements--and changed forever our national literature and the course of America itself.

Meticulously researched, thoughtfully structured, The Vintage Book of African-American Poetry is a collection of inestimable value to students, educators, and all those interested in the ever-evolving tradition that is American poetry.

• Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin
• S O S: Poems 1961-2013
• The Panther & the Lash (Vintage Classics)
• The Rose That Grew From Concrete
• African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 (Dover Thrift Editions)
• The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
• Native Guard: Poems
• Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000 (American Poets Continuum)
• Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
• The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems