Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 AUTH-1401690 Brooke Warra

Brooke Warra

ISBN10: 1621642127

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Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 AUTH-1401690 Brooke Warra"Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep" is a rich collection of the work of post World War II African American poets. It brings together the voices of the most important African American poets of our time, beginning with the highly influential Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks, and covers an astonishing range of styles and techniques. This extraordinary body of poetry is the flowering of an artistic tradition established earlier in this century by Paul