The Norton Anthology of African American Literature - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393959082 ISBN 13: 9780393959086

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997

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Paperback, as pictured; mild shelf wear (tb)

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Review:

A whopping 2,665 pages, The Norton Anthology of African American Literature was 10 years in the making, and it proves to have been well worth the wait. Beginning with vernacular forms such as the spirituals and the blues, it encompasses the whole history of black writing from the poems of Phillis Wheatley to the work of contemporary writers such as Terri McMillan, Toni Morrison, and Charles Johnson. Each section includes an introductory essay, and there is a brief biographical essay for each writer.

Review:

A classic of splendid proportions. -- Cornel West

My Arkansas by Maya Angelou
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
Black Art by Amiri Baraka
I Don't Love You by Amiri Baraka
In Memory Of Radio by Amiri Baraka
The Invention Of Comics by Amiri Baraka
A Poem For Black Hearts by Amiri Baraka
Preface To A Twenty Volume Suicide Note by Amiri Baraka
Sos by Amiri Baraka
Three Movements And A Coda by Amiri Baraka
We Have Awaited The Coming Of A Natural by Amiri Baraka
Parker's Mood by Clarence Beeks
Hatred by Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Heritage by Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Sonnet: 2 by Gwendolyn B. Bennett
To A Dark Girl by Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Of The Black Belt by Bible
A Black Man Talks Of Reaping by Arna Bontemps
Golgotha Is A Mountain, A Purple Mound by Arna Bontemps
Miracles by Arna Bontemps
Nocturne At Bethesda by Arna Bontemps
Southern Mansion by Arna Bontemps
The House Of Falling Leaves by William Stanley Braithwaite
Quiet Has A Hidden Sound by William Stanley Braithwaite
Sic Vita by William Stanley Braithwaite
The Watchers by William Stanley Braithwaite
The Chicago Defender Sends A Man To Little Rock, Fall, 1957 by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Chicago Picasso, August 15, 1967 by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Children Of The Poor by Gwendolyn Brooks
Kitchenette Building by Gwendolyn Brooks
A Lovely Love by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Lovers Of The Poor by Gwendolyn Brooks
Malcolm X by Gwendolyn Brooks
Maxie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Preacher: Ruminates Behind The Sermon by Gwendolyn Brooks
Riot by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Rites For Cousin Vit by Gwendolyn Brooks
Sadie And Maud by Gwendolyn Brooks
A Song In The Front Yard by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Sundays Of Satin-legs Smith by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Third Sermon On The Warpland by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Vacant Lot by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Wall by Gwendolyn Brooks
We Real Cool; The Pool Players. Seven At The Golden Shovel by Gwendolyn Brooks
When You Have Forgotten Sunday: The Love Story by Gwendolyn Brooks
Young Heroes: 1. Keorapetse Kgositsile (willie) by Gwendolyn Brooks
Young Heroes: 2. To Don At Salaam by Gwendolyn Brooks
Young Heroes: 3. Walter Bradford by Gwendolyn Brooks
Cabaret by Sterling Allen Brown
Long Gone by Sterling Allen Brown
Ma Rainey by Sterling Allen Brown
Memphis Blues by Sterling Allen Brown
Odyssey Of Big Boy by Sterling Allen Brown
Sam Smiley by Sterling Allen Brown
Slim Greer by Sterling Allen Brown
Southern Road by Sterling Allen Brown
Sporting Beasley by Sterling Allen Brown
Strong Men by Sterling Allen Brown
Tin Roof Blues by Sterling Allen Brown
13. Of The Coming Of John by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
9. Of The Sons Of Master And Man by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How Long Blues by Leroy Carr
Within The Veil by Michelle Cliff
The Bodies Broken On by Lucille Clifton
Homage To My Hips by Lucille Clifton
If Mama by Lucille Clifton
Kali by Lucille Clifton
The Lost Baby Poem by Lucille Clifton
Malcolm by Lucille Clifton
Move by Lucille Clifton
Prayer by Lucille Clifton
What Spells Raccoon To Me by Lucille Clifton
Wishes For Sons by Lucille Clifton
American Sonnet (10) by Wanda Coleman
At The Record Hop by Wanda Coleman
Bedtime Story by Wanda Coleman
Emmett Till by Wanda Coleman
Mastectomy by Wanda Coleman
Today I Am A Homicide 1n The North Of The City by Wanda Coleman
Voices by Wanda Coleman
At The Closed Gate Of Justice by James David Corrothers
An Indignation Dinner by James David Corrothers
Me 'n' Dunbar by James David Corrothers
Paul Laurence Dunbar by James David Corrothers
The Snapping Of The Bow by James David Corrothers
How Long Has Trane Been Gone by Jayne Cortez
From The Dark Tower by Countee Cullen
Heritage by Countee Cullen
Incident by Countee Cullen
Saturday's Child by Countee Cullen
The Shroud Of Color by Countee Cullen
Tableau by Countee Cullen
To John Keats, Poet, At Spring Time by Countee Cullen
Yet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen
A Parody by Frederic Douglass
David Walker (1785-1830) by Rita Dove
Daystar by Rita Dove
Demeter Mourning (from Mother Love) by Rita Dove
Demeter's Prayer To Hades by Rita Dove
The Event by Rita Dove
History by Rita Dove
Mother Love by Rita Dove
Motherhood by Rita Dove
The Oriental Ballerina by Rita Dove
Parsley by Rita Dove
Pastoral by Rita Dove
Persephone Abducted by Rita Dove
Receiving The Stigmata by Rita Dove
Statistic: The Witness (from Mother Love) by Rita Dove
A Litany Of Atlanta by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
The Song Of The Smoke by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
An Ante-bellum Sermon by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Black Samson Of Brandywine by Paul Laurence Dunbar
A Cabin Tale; The Young Master Asks For A Story by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Colored Soldiers by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dinah Kneading Dough by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Douglass by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Ere Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Haunted Oak by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Her Thought And His by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Little Brown Baby by Paul Laurence Dunbar
A Negro Love Song by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Not They Who Soar by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Ode To Ethiopia by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Philosophy by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Poet by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Sympathy (2) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
When Malindy Sings by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Worn Out by Paul Laurence Dunbar
April Is On The Way by Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-nelson
I Sit And Sew by Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-nelson
Sonnet by Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-nelson
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing by Duke Ellington
I Am A Black Woman by Mari E. Evans
Status Symbol by Mari E. Evans
Lines, Suggested On Reading 'an Appeal' By A.e. Grimke by Sarah Louisa Forten
Beautiful Black Men by Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
For Saundra by Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
Nikki-rosa by Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
The Black Finger by Angelina Weld Grimke
For The Candle Light by Angelina Weld Grimke
Tenebris by Angelina Weld Grimke
When The Green Lies Over The Earth by Angelina Weld Grimke
A Winter Twilight by Angelina Weld Grimke
A Parting Hymn by Charlotte L. Forten Grimke
Beale Street Blues by William Christopher Handy
St. Louis Blues by William Christopher Handy
Yellow Dog Blues by William Christopher Handy
An Appeal To My Countrywomen by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Aunt Chloe's Politics by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Bury Me In A Free Land by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
A Double Standard by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Eliza Harris by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Ethiopia by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Learning To Read by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
The Slave Mother by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Songs For The People by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Vashti by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Words For The Hour by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Br'er Sterling And The Rocker by Michael S. Harper
Dear John, Dear Coltrane by Michael S. Harper
Deathwatch by Michael S. Harper
The Ghost Of Soulmaking: For Ruth Oppenheim by Michael S. Harper
Goin' To The Territory by Michael S. Harper
Grandfather by Michael S. Harper
Here Where Coltrane Is by Michael S. Harper
In Hayden's Collage by Michael S. Harper
A Ballad Of Remembrance by Robert Earl Hayden
The Diver by Robert Earl Hayden
El-hajj Malik El-shabazz by Robert Earl Hayden
Frederick Douglass by Robert Earl Hayden
Homage To The Empress Of The Blues by Robert Earl Hayden
A Letter From Phillis Wheatley by Robert Earl Hayden
Middle Passage by Robert Earl Hayden
Mourning Poem For The Queen Of Sunday by Robert Earl Hayden
O Daedalus, Fly Away Home by Robert Earl Hayden
Runagate Runagate by Robert Earl Hayden
Soledad by Robert Earl Hayden
Conditions: 21 by Essex Hemphill
Conditions: 22 by Essex Hemphill
Conditions: 24 by Essex Hemphill
Fine And Mellow by Eleanora Holiday
The Creditor To His Proud Debtor by George Moses Horton
Division Of An Estate by George Moses Horton
George Moses Horton, Myself by George Moses Horton
The Lover's Farewell by George Moses Horton
On Hearing Of Intention .. To Purchase The Poet's Freedom by George Moses Horton
Bad Man by James Langston Hughes
Ballad Of The Landlord by James Langston Hughes
Danse Africaine by James Langston Hughes
Dream Boogie by James Langston Hughes
Dream Variations [or, Variation] by James Langston Hughes
Gal's Cry For A Dying Lover by James Langston Hughes
Gypsy Man by James Langston Hughes
Hard Daddy by James Langston Hughes
Harlem by James Langston Hughes
Homesick Blues by James Langston Hughes
A House In Taos by James Langston Hughes
I, Too by James Langston Hughes
Jazzonia by James Langston Hughes
Juke Box Love Song by James Langston Hughes
Lament Over Love by James Langston Hughes
Mother To Son by James Langston Hughes
Motto by James Langston Hughes
The Negro Speaks Of Rivers by James Langston Hughes
Po' Boy Blues by James Langston Hughes
Red Silk Stockings by James Langston Hughes
Song For A Dark Girl by James Langston Hughes
Sylvester's Dying Bed by James Langston Hughes
The Weary Blues by James Langston Hughes
When Sue Wears Red by James Langston Hughes
John Pearson's Sermon by Zora Neale Hurston
Sunnyland by Elmore James
My God In Heaven Said To Me by Fenton Johnson
The Scarlet Woman by Fenton Johnson
Song Of The Whirlwind by Fenton Johnson
Spiritual: Singing Hallelujia by Fenton Johnson
Spiritual: The Lonely Mother by Fenton Johnson
Tired by Fenton Johnson
The Heart Of A Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson
I Want To Die While You Love Me by Georgia Douglas Johnson
Lost Illusions by Georgia Douglas Johnson
My Little Dreams by Georgia Douglas Johnson
Youth by Georgia Douglas Johnson
Invocation by Helene Johnson
Poem by Helene Johnson
Remember Not by Helene Johnson
Sonnet To A Negro In Harlem by Helene Johnson
Brothers by James Weldon Johnson
The Creation (a Negro Sermon) by James Weldon Johnson
Fifty Years (1863-1913) by James Weldon Johnson
Lift Every Voice And Sing by James Weldon Johnson
My City by James Weldon Johnson
O Black And Unknown Bards by James Weldon Johnson
Sence You Went Away by James Weldon Johnson
Hell Hound On My Trail by Robert Johnson
Trouble In Mind by Richard M. Jones
The Female And The Silence Of A Man by June Jordan
I Must Become A Menace To My Enemies by June Jordan
In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr. by June Jordan
Intifada by June Jordan
Poem About My Rights by June Jordan
Poem For Guatemala by June Jordan
Grandfather Was Queer, Too by Bob Kaufman
Jail Poems by Bob Kaufman
Unanimity Has Been Achieved, Not A Dot Less For Its Accident by Bob Kaufman
Walking Parker Home by Bob Kaufman
War Memoir: Jazz, Don't Listen To It At Your Own Risk by Bob Kaufman
For Black Poets Who Think Of Suicide by Etheridge Knight
Hard Rock Returns To Prison From The Hospital For The Criminal Insane by Etheridge Knight
The Idea Of Ancestry by Etheridge Knight
Banking Potatoes by Yusef Komunyakaa
Birds On A Powerline by Yusef Komunyakaa
Facing It by Yusef Komunyakaa
February In Sydney by Yusef Komunyakaa
Sunday Afternoons by Yusef Komunyakaa
Coal by Audre Lorde
The Evening News by Audre Lorde
Father Son And Holy Ghost by Audre Lorde
A Litany For Survival by Audre Lorde
Now That I Am Forever With Child by Audre Lorde
The Winds Of Orisha by Audre Lorde
Careless Seems The Great Avenger; History's Pages But Record by James Russell Lowell
Freedom (2) by James Russell Lowell
Falso Brilhante by Nathaniel Mackey
Song Of The Andoumboulou: 8 by Nathaniel Mackey
America Calling by Haki R. Madhubuti
Back Again, Home by Haki R. Madhubuti
The Long Reality by Haki R. Madhubuti
Malcolm Spoke/who Listened? by Haki R. Madhubuti
A Poem To Complement Other Poems by Haki R. Madhubuti
On Watching A Caterpillar Become A Butterfly by Clarence Major
Round Midnight by Clarence Major
Swallow The Lake by Clarence Major
At Jonestown by Colleen Johnson Mcelroy
Caledonia by Colleen Johnson Mcelroy
The Griots Who Know Brer Fox by Colleen Johnson Mcelroy
Pike Street Bus by Colleen Johnson Mcelroy
Tapestries by Colleen Johnson Mcelroy
A Woman Who Loves by Colleen Johnson Mcelroy
Africa by Claude Mckay
America by Claude Mckay
Enslaved by Claude Mckay
Harlem Shadows by Claude Mckay
If We Must Die by Claude Mckay
My Mother (1) by Claude Mckay
Outcast by Claude Mckay
St. Isaac's Church, Petrograd by Claude Mckay
To The White Fiends by Claude Mckay
The White House by Claude Mckay
8. Of The Quest Of The Golden Fleece by William Vaughn Moody
The Rubaiyat, 1889 Edition: 44 by Omar Khayyam
Don't Believe The Hype by Public Enemy
The Evil That Men Do by Queen Latifah
Prove It On Me Blues by Gertrude Pridgett Rainey
See, See Rider by Gertrude Pridgett Rainey
Chattanooga by Ishmael Reed
Dualism by Ishmael Reed
I Am A Cowboy In The Boat Of Ra by Ishmael Reed
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About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0393959082
• ISBN 13: 9780393959086
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 2665
• Editor: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Nellie Y. McKay