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Cave Canem has for the past 10 years dedicated itself to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. This volume presents more than one hundred poems by Cave Canem participants and faculty. Includes sonnets, a bop (a new form created by a Cave Canem faculty member), blues, sestinas,k prose poems, centos, free verse and more. Includes the poetry of Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marilyn Nelson, Sonya Sanchez, Al Young among others.

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2 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    University of Michigan Press · 210 pages · 9780472069248
  • Other · English · 2006
    University of Michigan Press · 224 pages · 9780472099245
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