African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333) : A Library of America Anthology Ages 13 and up and one unfortunate Thanksgiving dinner

and one unfortunate Thanksgiving dinner eaten in a car in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga

overcame adversity

when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man

compromising

and poetry

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333) : A Library of America Anthology Ages 13 and up and one unfortunate Thanksgiving dinnerA literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the presentOnly now, in the 21st century, can we fully grasp the breadth and range of African American poetry: a magnificent chorus of voices, some familiar, others recently rescued from neglect. Here, in this unprecedented anthology expertly selected by poet and scholar Kevin Young, this precious living heritage