{"product_id":"black-nature-four-centuries-of-african-american-nature-poetry-paperback","title":"Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCamille T. Dungy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eAlvin Aubert\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlack poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry--anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes nature writing is limited to work about the pastoral or the wild. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCamille T. Dungy has selected 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on American social and literary history to broaden our concept of nature poetry and African American poetics. This collection features major writers such as Phillis Wheatley, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling Brown, Robert Hayden, Wanda Coleman, Natasha Trethewey, and Melvin B. Tolson as well as newer talents such as Douglas Kearney, Major Jackson, and Janice Harrington. Included are poets writing out of slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century African American poetic movements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Nature\u003c\/i\u003e brings to the fore a neglected and vital means of considering poetry by African Americans and nature-related poetry as a whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Friends Fund Publication.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry--anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes nature writing is limited to work about the pastoral or the wild. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Camille T. Dungy has selected 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on American social and literary history to broaden our concept of nature poetry and African American poetics. This collection features major writers, such as Phillis Wheatley, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling Brown, Robert Hayden, Wanda Coleman, Natasha Trethewey, and Melvin B. Tolson, as well as newer talents, such as Douglas Kearney, Major Jackson, and Janice Harrington. Included are poets writing out of slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century African American poetic movements. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Black Nature brings to the fore a neglected and vital means of considering poetry by African Americans and nature-related poetry as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAMILLE T. DUNGY is an associate professor in the Creative Writing Department at San Francisco State University. She is the author of two poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eWhat to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuck on the Marrow\u003c\/i\u003e, and has helped edit two other poetry anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63162212122973,"sku":"9780820334318","price":75.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/WkVYTEFUQTg2ZWgxaFlkTjJJRVdWZz09.webp?v=1768932852","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/black-nature-four-centuries-of-african-american-nature-poetry-paperback","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}