American Negro Poetry

For more than twenty years, Arna Bontemps' anthology has been recognized as a major contribution to our understanding of African-American literature. Spanning three generations of this century's best poets, from James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks to Audre Lorde, Mari Evans, and Amiri Baraka, this fine volume, which includes Bontemp's classic essay and newly updated biographical notes on the contributors, is a perfect introduction to the varied splendors of African-American poetry.