African American

Image of The Essential June Jordan
Author(s):
June Jordan
Editor(s):
Jan Heller Levi, Christoph Keller
Other Contributors:
Jericho Brown
Genre(s):
Poetry, African American, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Single Author, Poetry

The Essential June Jordan

May 3, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Anjanette Delgado

Let’s not call this a review, deal? Who reviews June Jordan? She was the queen of everything.

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Image of Waterbaby
Author(s):
Nikki Wallschlaeger
Genre(s):
Poetry, African American, Poetry, Single Author

Waterbaby

April 5, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Bruce Arlen Wasserman

“The poems in Waterbaby are present. They tell the truth and will inspire readers to lust for more.”

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Image of 1919
Author(s):
Eve L. Ewing
Genre(s):
Poetry, Literary Fiction, Regional & Cultural, Single Author, African American

1919: Poems

June 11, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Richard Crepeau

“Eve L. Ewing has achieved what the historian cannot. She has restored the blood and sweat to the historical record of a tragic moment in the history of the nation.”

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Image of Reconnaissance: Poems
Genre(s):
Poetry, African American

Reconnaissance: Poems

August 31, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“Each of these moving poems is a metaphor of mutuality and mutability, of vulnerability and union.”

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Image of Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels
Author(s):
Kevin Young
Genre(s):
Poetry, African American, Single Author

Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels

January 22, 2011
Reviewed by: 
David Cooper

Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels is Kevin Young’s powerful verse account of the 1839 mutiny of Mendi-speaking kidnap victims from Sierra Leone.

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