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50th Anniversary of the Black Arts Movement and the 20th Anniversary of Cave Canem
50th Anniversary of the Black Arts Movement and the 20th Anniversary of Cave Canem Folger Shakespeare Theater Washington District of Columbia To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Black Arts Moveme...
Cave Canem's 10th Anniversary
Cave Canem's 10th Anniversary Kam Williams Interview Poetry Unleashed - Cave Canem's 10th Anniversary by Rondall Brasher My awakening was Cave Canem's 10th Anniversary celebration he...
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady 9780472069248 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press Cave Canem has for the...
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady 9780472099245 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press Cave Canem has for the...
Freedom Summer: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Summer Maya Angelou 9781481422987 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Friendship defies racism for two boys ...
Donika Kelly
Donika Kelly 0000000497770596 Donika Kelly, award-winning author of 'Bestiary', is celebrated for her contributions to poetry with accolades like the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and 2018 Kate Tufts ...
Cornelius Eady
Cornelius Eady 0000000025783225 Cornelius Eady is a renowned poet and author of eight books, including award-winning “Victims of the Latest Dance Craze.” He co-founded the Cave Canem workshop for Afr...
Nicole Sealey
Nicole Sealey NONE Nicole Sealey, originally from St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., is an acclaimed author and poet known for 'Ordinary Beast' and her award-winning chapbook. She's a recipient of numerous prizes...
Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady
Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady MULTIPLE Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady are co-founders of the Cave Canem Foundation, established in 1996 to support African American poets and address their unde...
The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s
The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s James Smethurst 9780807855980 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press Emerging from a matr...
50th Anniversary of Selma March
50th Anniversary of Selma March Courtesy of Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks, Executive Information on the 50th Anniversary of Selma March to Montgomery, AL Director & Chief Executive Officer of the National B...
The 50th Law
The 50th Law Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Robert Greene 9780061774607 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Rober...
Sheree Renée Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas 0000000019174343 Sheree R. Thomas is a multi-talented writer, editor, publisher, educator, and visual artist. She co-publishes the literary journal Anansi and founded Wanganegress...
Tyehimba Jess
Tyehimba Jess 0000000044353175 Congrats to Tyehimba Jess: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Tyehimba Jess, a Detroit native, is an award-winning poet and professor. His first book, Leadbelly, won ...
Jacqueline Johnson
Jacqueline Johnson NONE Jacqueline Johnson is a multi-disciplined artist and award-winning author known for her work in writing and fiber arts. She has taught poetry at multiple institutions and has ...
Toni Asante Lightfoot
Toni Asante Lightfoot NONE Toni Asante Lightfoot, a Cave Canem graduate and writing workshop teacher, is a co-founder of the Modern Urban Griots and a leader in the Blackout Arts Collective. She serv...
Black Power and the American Myth: 50th Anniversary Edition
Black Power and the American Myth: 50th Anniversary Edition C.T. Vivian 9781506478999 Nonfiction Fortress Press 1517 Media In 1970, C. T. Vivian, a close colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a mem...
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition Robert M. Coles 9780439472265 Nonfiction Scholastic Paperbacks Scholastic Inc. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first African American child...
Dana Canedy, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Rachel L. Swarns
Dana Canedy, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Rachel L. Swarns MULTIPLE Darcy Eveleigh, a photo editor at The New York Times, is the creator of “The Lively Morgue” blog. Dana Canedy, former senior ed...
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Major Jackson
Major Jackson 000000011499709X Major Jackson, an award-winning American poet and professor, is known for his poetry collections and contributions to the Harvard Review. He's a recipient of the Whitin...
Reginald Harris
Reginald Harris 0000000022558452 Reginald Harris, a noted poet and IT Director at Poets House, NYC, is a winner of the 2012 Cave Canem/Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize. He's received multip...
Robin Coste Lewis
Robin Coste Lewis NONE Robin Coste Lewis, a Provost's Fellow at USC, Cave Canem fellow and LA Institute for Humanities fellow, is known for her wide-ranging poetry. With an MFA from NYU and MTS from ...
Tommye Blount
Tommye Blount 0000000497978952 Tommye Blount is a Cave Canem alumnus and acclaimed author of 'What Are We Not For' and 'Fantasia for the Man in Blue', which was recognized by the National Book Awards...
Ama Codjoe
Ama Codjoe NONE Award-winning author, recognized by Cave Canem, Saltonstall, Jerome, and Robert Rauschenberg Foundations. Recipient of 2017 Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award, 2018 Loraine Williams Poetry Pri...
The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (Cave Canem Anthology)
The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (Cave Canem Anthology) Nikky Finney 9780820329260 Poetry University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press The South: to render all that it means to an Af...
Black Theology and Black Power: 50th Anniversary Edition
Black Theology and Black Power: 50th Anniversary Edition James H. Cone 9781626983083 Nonfiction Orbis Books Orbis Books First published in 1969, Black Theology and Black Power provided the first syste...
Gerren Liles
Gerren Liles NONE Gerren Liles, a Morgan State University graduate and poet, uses his work to promote literacy and self-empowerment among black youth. A finalist for MTV's Real World: Hawaii, his poe...
Julian Randall
Julian Randall NONE Julian Randall, a Queer Black poet from Chicago, has received multiple fellowships and was named 2015's Best Poet at CUPSI. He curates for Winter Tangerine Review and is pursuing ...
Jamila Woods, Mahogany L. Browne, and Idrissa Simmonds
Jamila Woods, Mahogany L. Browne, and Idrissa Simmonds MULTIPLE Jamila Woods, a Chicago-based poet influenced by Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks, explores themes of blackness and womanhood. Maho...
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon 0000000033953968 Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon is a renowned American poet and scholar, celebrated for her exploration of race, identity, and human complexities in her work. Honor...
Desiree Cooper
Desiree Cooper NONE Desiree Cooper is a 2015 Kresge Artist Fellow, ex-attorney, Pulitzer-nominated journalist, and Detroit activist. She has contributed fiction and poetry to numerous publications an...
Indigo Moor
Indigo Moor NONE Indigo Moor, Sacramento's Poet Laureate, is a multi-talented writer with works ranging from poetry to plays. His award-winning books include Tap-Root and Through the Stonecutter’s Wi...
Brandon Kilbourne
Brandon Kilbourne NONE Brandon Kilbourne is a Pushcart-nominated poet and biologist, whose work has appeared in Poet Lore, Obsidian, Ecotone, Terrain.org, West Trade Review, Split Rock Review, and n...
t’ai freedom ford
t’ai freedom ford NONE t’ai freedom ford is a NYC high school English teacher, Cave Canem Fellow, and award-winning poet. She has been published in numerous reviews and anthologies, and is an editor ...
Revising the Storm (A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America)
Revising the Storm (A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America) Geffrey Davis 9781938160288 Poetry BOA Editions BOA Editions This debut collection by Cave Canem fellow Geffrey Davis burrows under the surface...
Arisa White
Arisa White NONE Arisa White, an acclaimed poet and assistant professor at Colby College, is known for her work that centers queer and trans narratives. She is a Cave Canem graduate, a multiple award...
Tanya Shirley
Tanya Shirley NONE Jamaican author and lecturer Tanya Shirley is a graduate from the University of Maryland with an MFA in Creative Writing. Her work is featured in various publications and anthologi...
Remica Bingham-Risher
Remica Bingham-Risher NONE Remica Bingham-Risher, an esteemed Affrilachian poet and Cave Canem fellow, is known for her three award-winning poetry volumes. Her work is featured in prominent publicati...
Justin Phillip Reed
Justin Phillip Reed 0000000497688533 Justin Phillip Reed is a South Carolina-born author, known for his work in various publications and his MFA in poetry from Washington University. Recognized for h...
Alison C. Rollins
Alison C. Rollins NONE Alison C. Rollins is a celebrated poet, Cave Canem fellow, and recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. Alison C....
Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Teri Ellen Cross Davis NONE Teri Ellen Cross Davis, award-winning author of 'Haint: poems', is a Cave Canem Fellow and Poetry Coordinator at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. Teri Ell...
Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives
Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives Dana Canedy, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Rachel L. Swarns 9780316552967 Nonfiction Black Dog & Leventhal Hachette Book Gro...
Calvin C. Hernton
Calvin C. Hernton 0000000082664863 Calvin Coolidge Hernton, a pivotal figure in the Black Arts Movement, was a renowned poet, novelist, and social critic known for his exploration of race and sexuali...
American Negro Slave Revolts (50th Anniversary Edition)
American Negro Slave Revolts (50th Anniversary Edition) Herbert Aptheker 9780717806058 Nonfiction International Publishers International Publishers Years ago, the controlling view held that the respon...
Living My Dream
Living My Dream Synthia SAINT JAMES 9781718800625 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC In celebration of her 50th anniversary as a professional visual artist (1969-2019), Synthia SAINT JAME...
Politically Considered: 50th Commemoration of the Supreme Court Decision of 1954
Politically Considered: 50th Commemoration of the Supreme Court Decision of 1954 Mahmoud El-Kati 9780967558127 Nonfiction Papyrus Publishing Inc. Papyrus Publishing Inc. Politically Considered explore...
Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women: 20th Anniversary Edition
Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women: 20th Anniversary Edition Iyanla Vanzant 9781401957216 Nonfiction SmileyBooks Penguin Random House The revised and expanded 20th-annivers...
Askia M. Toure
Askia M. Toure 0000000043979889 Askia Muhammad Touré, born Rolland Snellings in 1938, is a renowned poet, essayist, and political editor associated with the Black Arts Movement. He has served as edi...
20th Century African American History for Kids: The Major Events That Shaped the Past and Present
20th Century African American History for Kids: The Major Events That Shaped the Past and Present Margeaux Weston 9781648764417 Nonfiction Callisto Kids Callisto Publishing Show kids ages 8 to 12 how ...
The Black Arts Movement (BAM)
The Black Arts Movement (BAM) Kalamu ya Salaam Article “…aesthetic and spiritual sister of the Black Power concept.”―Larry Neal The Black Arts Movement spans the period fr...
Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition
Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition Howard Zinn 9781609805920 Nonfiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press Selected testimonies to living history speeches...
SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader
SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader John H. Bracey Jr., Sonia Sanchez, and James Smethurst 9781625340313 Fiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Pr...
The Black Arts Movement’s Attack on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Theory of Double Consciousness
The Black Arts Movement’s Attack on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Theory of Double Consciousness Tony Lindsay Article Tony Lindsay There have been two major Black literary movements in American history: The...
Poetry from the Masters: The Black Arts Movement
Poetry from the Masters: The Black Arts Movement Useni Eugene Perkins 9781933491134 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. The Black Arts Movement spanned less than two decades, but left an unde...
Civil Rights For Beginners
Civil Rights For Beginners Paul Von Blum 9781934389898 Nonfiction For Beginners For Beginners A large swath of literature on the civil rights movement exists in the United States. Much of that literat...
Moonstone’s 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing
Moonstone’s 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing was held February 16 to 18, 2001 in Philadelphia, PA The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing ...
Kelly Harris-DeBerry
Kelly Harris-DeBerry NONE Kelly Harris-DeBerry is an award-winning poet and the author of Freedom Knows My Name. Known for her gift to bring poems to life by using her voice as an instrument, audienc...
Aya de León
Aya de León NONE Aya de León is an award-winning author, activist, and educator at UC Berkeley. She's known for her Justice Hustlers series and has written for numerous publications. A Harvard alumn...
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing Troy Johnson Article PHOTOS and a report of this event coming soon! The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing February 16 to 18, 2001 Philadelphia For...
New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement
New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement Juan Williams 9781668012352 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this highly anticipated follow-up to Eyes...
Chiquita Mullins Lee
Chiquita Mullins Lee NONE Chiquita Mullins Lee is an Arts Learning coordinator at the Ohio Arts Council, managing poetry and arts programs. A former creative writing teacher, she hosted an Emmy-winni...
John Murillo
John Murillo NONE John Murillo is a renowned poet and professor known for his works “Up Jump the Boogie” and “Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry.” He's won numerous awards including two Larry Neal Writers ...
Gregory Pardlo
Gregory Pardlo 0000000044381598 Gregory Pardlo is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Rutgers University-Camden. He's earned multiple fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts gran...
Favorite 50 African American Authors and Favorite 100 Titles of the 20th Century
Favorite 50 African American Authors and Favorite 100 Titles of the 20th Century Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com’s Favorite 50 African American Authorsand Favorite 100 Titles...
Buck Studies
Buck Studies Douglas Kearney 9780986437373 Poetry Fence Books Fence Books "[Douglas Kearney] is at the other end of the century, using a multicultural voice inflected with the concerns of what it mean...
25th Anniversary Edition - An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America
25th Anniversary Edition - An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America Andrew Young 9781737800408 Nonfiction JSJ Enterprises & Publishing JSJ Enterprises & Publishing 2...
Orlando Caicedo
Orlando Caicedo NONE Orlando Caicedo is a Colombian artist recognized for his work in illustration and comics. An Atlanta College of Art alumnus, he won Stan Lee's POW Entertainment/Webtoon comic con...
The Eightfold Path
The Eightfold Path Steven Barnes and Charles Johnson 9781419744471 Fiction Abrams ComicArts Abrams From award-winning authors Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes comes a graphic novel anthology of inter...
Ellis and The Hidden Cave
Ellis and The Hidden Cave Cerece Rennie Murphy 9780985621094 Fiction LionSky Publishing LionSky Publishing Book II in the Ellis Series Early Reader Chapter Book Adventure Series. Coming Soon! An Anci...
Righteous Riches: The Word of Faith Movement in Contemporary African American Religion
Righteous Riches: The Word of Faith Movement in Contemporary African American Religion Milmon F. Harrison 9780195153880 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Does God want us to b...
Steve Cannon
Steve Cannon 0000000363821597 Steve Cannon (1935-2019) was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement and a prominent Black writer from New Orleans. He moved to NYC in 1962, where he engaged in literary...
Toi Derricotte
Toi Derricotte 0000000083980729 “My skin causes certain problems continuously, problems that open the issue of racism over and over like a wound.” Toi Derricotte is an award-winning poet a...
The Magic Of Juju: An Appreciation Of The Black Arts Movement
The Magic Of Juju: An Appreciation Of The Black Arts Movement Kalamu ya Salaam 9780883781968 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press A contextual historical examination of the civil rights move...
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson 9780062953810 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson opens up about his amazi...
Robert Greene
Robert Greene 000000010883135X Robert Greene, born May 14, 1959, is a renowned author known for his international bestsellers on strategy, power, and seduction, including 'The 48 Laws of Power', 'The...
Nate Marshall
Nate Marshall NONE Nate Marshall is an acclaimed author, poet, and educator, recognized for his book “Wild Hundreds.” As a member of The Dark Noise Collective and co-director of Crescendo Literary, h...
Etheridge Knight Festival
Etheridge Knight Festival Loading Etheridge Knight Inc. P.O. Box 18043 Indianapolis, IN 46218 Phone (317) 396-1529.Fax (317) 925-1481 E-mail EKFestival@aol.com The 11th Annual...
Donna Drew Sawyer
Donna Drew Sawyer NONE Donna Drew Sawyer, author of Provenance, has a rich background in arts administration, advertising, and public relations. A New Yorker with over three decades of experience in ...
Brian Gilmore
Brian Gilmore 0000000109671669 Brian Gilmore is a renowned poet, writer, attorney, and columnist associated with the Progressive Media Project. He's a multiple award-winning author with publications ...
Matthew Shenoda
Matthew Shenoda 0000000045678350 Matthew Shenoda is a writer, professor, and author and editor of several books. His poems and essays have appeared in a variety of newspapers, journals, radio progra...
Kwoya Fagin Maples
Kwoya Fagin Maples NONE Kwoya Fagin Maples, a renowned writer from Charleston, South Carolina, teaches creative writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. She has an MFA from the University of Alaba...
The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More!
The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More! Troy Johnson Article Please join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Black Classic Press ...
Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places (20th Anniversary Edition): African Americans Making Nature & the Environment Part of Their Everyday Live
Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places (20th Anniversary Edition): African Americans Making Nature & the Environment Part of Their Everyday Live Dudley Edmondson 9781647555863 Nonfiction Adventu...
April R. Silver
April R. Silver NONE April R. Silver is a renowned marketing strategist, cultural curator, and social justice activist. As the founder of AKILA WORKSONGS, she's known for creating influential social ...
This Bridge Called My Back, Fortieth Anniversary Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Anniversary)
This Bridge Called My Back, Fortieth Anniversary Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Anniversary) Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa 9781438488288 Nonfiction State University of New York Pres...
Dispatches from the Vanguard: The Global International African Arts Movement Versus Donald J. Trump
Dispatches from the Vanguard: The Global International African Arts Movement Versus Donald J. Trump Patrick A. Howell 9781912248667 Nonfiction Repeater Books Repeater Books A collection of writers, po...
“After Mecca”: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement
“After Mecca”: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement Cheryl Clarke 9780813534053 Poetry Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press The politics and music of the sixties and early seventies ha...
Lasana D. Kazembe
Lasana D. Kazembe NONE Dr. Lasana D. Kazembe, a Chicago-native scholar, specializes in Urban Education, Global Black Arts Movements, and the Black Intellectual Tradition. He explores Culturally Susta...
The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic
The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic Jamila Woods, Mahogany L. Browne, and Idrissa Simmonds 9781608468577 Poetry Haymarket Books Haymarket Books "[The BreakBeat Poets is] one of the most diver...
Douglas Kearney
Douglas Kearney 0000000038213846 Douglas Kearney, a renowned poet and professor, is known for his works addressing race and history. His first book, “Fear, Some,” was published in 2006, followed by o...
Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary)
Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary) Robin D. G. Kelley 9781469625485 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Pr...
No More Drama: 20th Anniversary Edition
No More Drama: 20th Anniversary Edition La Jill Hunt 9781645566243 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance La Jill Hunt’s bestselling No More Drama is just as relevant now as it was when it was fi...
The Cotillion: or, One Good Bull Is Half the Herd (Black Arts Movement Series)
The Cotillion: or, One Good Bull Is Half the Herd (Black Arts Movement Series) John Oliver Killens 9781566891196 Fiction Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Beautiful, high-stepping Yoruba of Harlem...
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing Loading PHOTOS and a report of this event coming soon! The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing February 16 to 18, 2001 Philadelphia For Informatio...
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka 9781574780390 Fiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing was origin...