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Bezig met laden... Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking At The Harlem Renaissance Through Poems (1996)door Nikki Giovanni
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Thoughts: This book is a reflection of the Harlem Rennaisance through poetry. The poems reflect the energy and rawness of the time frame. The book is considered YA, but I would recommend it for older YA readers, as some of the themes in the poems were graphic. Overall, an excellent book. ( ) This book is a collection of poems written by African American poets around the time of the Harlem Renaissance thru contemporary times. Personal commentary by Nikki Giovanni, a professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute follows each poem and offers insight into the importance and connection each poet from the time of the Harlem Renaissance has had on others following them. Giovanni’s style is very personal and educational. Her commentary pairs her own passion for words with observations on the influence that the poets have on her, each other and in the greater realm of history and literature. I recommend this book for older middle school students thru adult because some of the content may be too upsetting or confusing for younger readers (i.e. the poem by Ntozake Shange, gives graphic detail about clitorectomy). I liked this book because it gives a passionate voice to the importance that the Harlem Renaissance had on not only African American poets, but also its influence on American art as a whole. Overall, its tone is very readable and kid-friendly. This book uses poetry of a range of African American writers and commentary by Giovanni to tell the history of the Harlem Renaissance and how it affected even regular people in their everyday lives. The poems are grouped by author and the authors are arranged in chronological order by their birth years, to protray the progression of history and events. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Includes poems by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Amiri Baraka, with commentary and a discussion of the development of African American arts known as the Harlem Renaissance. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)811.50809283Literature English (North America) American poetry 20th Century AnthologiesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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