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At poetry slams, in coffee houses and cafes, on spokenword CDs, and even featured in Hollywood movies, a new and excitingrenaissance of Black poetry is emerging out of the oral tradition ofAfrican-American culture. 360: A Revolution of Black Poets presentsthe cutting edge of this poetic firestorm sweeping acrossAmerica. Featuring five pages per poet, 360 presents fortyestablished and emerging Black poets in an anthology of contemporaryverse. Stylistically there is everything from rap-like performanceverse to haiku, political rants to lyrical love songs, narrative talesto personal meditations. 360 is a treasure map of Blackpoetry. 360 is published in conjunction with a two-day series ofpoetry readings, workshops, and film screenings at the BaltimoreMuseum of Art (Sept. 11) and the University of Maryland-College Park(Sept. 12). Edited by New Orleans writer/producer Kalamu ya Salaamwith writer/publisher Kwame Alexander, 360 includes sharp-edged n!ewwork from Amiri Baraka, a historic founder of the sixties Black ArtsMovement, complemented by a moving elegy for a friend with cancer fromactivist/poet Tony Medina, editor of an award-winning anthology onpolitical prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal. Grand divas Sonia Sanchez,author of Wounded in the House of a Friend and Does Your House HaveLions, and Mari Evans, author of the classic I Am a Black Woman, aredisplayed side by side with the youthful albeit sophisticated musingsof Apollo Showtime winner Jessica Care Moore and Pulitzer prizenominee Ruth Forman. Haki Madhubuti, who has sold over 3 millionbooks, and poetry slam World Heavyweight Champ Quincy Troupe mix it upwith performance poet D-Knowledge (featured in Poetic Justice andHigher Learning) and Dark Room Collective founder Thomas SayersEllis. The table of contents is a poetic who's who. FromEmmy-winning West Coast writer Wanda Coleman and legendaryplaywright/novelist/poet Ntozake Shange, to Abiodun Oyewole!, afounding member of the Last Poets, and Mannafest, a Lon!don-basedfemale duo, the range of Black poets is encyclopedic. 360 is one ofthe most eclectic poetry anthologies in decades. 360 poets are:Kwame Alexander, Amiri Baraka, Ras Baraka, Toni Blackman, NadirLasana Bomani, Roger Bonair-Agard, Kysha N. Brown, Wanda Coleman,Kamau Daaood, D-Knowledge, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Mari Evans, Stacey LynEvans, Ruth Forman, Peter J. Harris, Angela Jackson, June Jordan,Carolyn Cooley Joyner, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Toni Asante Lightfoot,Haki Madhubuti, MANNAFEST, Laini Mataka, Tony Medina, E. EthelbertMiller, Jessica Care Moore, Tracie Morris, Abiodun Oyewole, EugeneRedmond, DJ Renegade, Kate Rushin, Kalamu ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez,Ntozake Shange, Glenis Redmond Sherer, Nichole L. Shields, AskiaM. Toure, Quincy Troupe, wadud, and Afaa Michael Weaver.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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