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Article: Give the Poets Some.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Black Issues Book Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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Three contemporary poets whose work deserve our props
When I teach black poetry, I generally start by asking my students if they, or anyone in their family, has bought a book of black poetry in the last six months. When no hands go up I add six months and keep adding time until I get to two years. Seldom will I find students, or families, who are reading, or better yet, financially supporting our poets. This is not unusual in a culture where poetry is given little serious consideration in secondary education and the teaching of poetry is generally left to poets themselves.
Keeping this in mind, I've looked at the recent books of three extraordinary ...