african american authors

Nine poems about a boy who likes to play in the rain, is not afraid of the dark, and sometimes feels lonely.

Collection of poetry by African-Americans such as Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes, and others that includes prefaces and critical notes on the poets.

A collection of fifty poems that explore the African-American world, written by twenty-six African-American poets of modern times.

A collection of love poems by African-American poet Nikki Giovanni, including over twenty new works, and expressing some unexpected notions of love.

Thirty-two poems that reflect aspects of the African American experience.

Poems, prose, photographs, and paintings explore the African-American experience as seen through art and literature by blacks or about black subjects.

Presents a comprehensive anthology of short stories written by African-American writers between 1899 and 1967 including Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Willard Motley, and others.

A poetry collection which recounts the feelings of African-American children about their neighborhoods, American society, and themselves.

Collects nine poems by African-American authors, in the "hip-hop theater" genre, including works by Zell Miller III and Psalmayene.