This broad overview by an established poet and cultural critic reveals the rich tapestry of African American poetry as it has emerged over the past century.

From early 20th-century writings to present-day poetry slams, African American poetry exhibits an impressive range of style and substance. Lorenzo Thomas has written an important new history of the genre that offers a critical reassessment of its development in the 20th century within the contexts of modernism and the troubled racial history of the United States.

Basing his study on literary history,...

Teachers of English literature, music and multicultural studies will find this to be an invaluable source for supplementary reading and writing lessons on personal narrative, history, drama and poetry. Diverse methods of inspiring students to write through readings of African American literature--from all over the Americas--include exercises using the poetry of Nobel laureate Derek Wolcott, Aimee Cesare, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Rita Dove, Bob Kaufman, Nikki Giovanni, and Langston Hughes. Exercises stressing the musical influence on jazz and blues poetry, and the resultant use of...

Libro que presenta un modelo de dieta no convencional. Este libro esta especialmente dedicado a aquellos que ya han hecho una dieta, pero no pudo conseguir los resultados deseados. El trabajo tiene como objetivo explorar un nuevo modelo se diferencia de la dieta convencional, a traves de una metodologia planificada y simple (7 pasos esenciales), basado en la mecanica cuantica y la mente consciente. Una dieta Quantum puede modificar profunda y definitivamente su forma de vida."