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Rita Dove
Rita Dove 0000000114709625 Dove was U.S. Poet Laureate, 1993-1995 Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, is known for her poetry collections, novel, and drama. She's been reco...
Collected Poems (paperback): 1974-2004
Collected Poems (paperback): 1974-2004 Rita Dove 9780393354935 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Three decades of powerful lyric poetry from a virtuoso of the English language...
Collected Poems: 1974–2004
Collected Poems: 1974–2004 Rita Dove 9780393285949 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Three decades of powerful lyric poetry from a virtuoso of the English language in one unab...
Selected Poems
Selected Poems Rita Dove 9780679750802 Poetry Vintage Penguin Random House Here in one volume is a selection of the extraordinary poems of Rita Dove, who, as the nation’s Poet Laureate from 1993 to 19...
The Darker Face of the Earth: Completely Revised Second Edition
The Darker Face of the Earth: Completely Revised Second Edition Rita Dove 9781885266194 Poetry Story Line Press Red Hen Press The Darker Face of the Earth, the first full-length play by Pulitzer Prize...
Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems
Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems Rita Dove 9781324050438 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Finalist for the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the 2021 NAACP Image Award ...
Grace Notes: Poems
Grace Notes: Poems Rita Dove 9780393306965 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. With this her fourth book of poems, Rita Dove expands her role as a leading voice in contemporary ...
The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry
The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry Rita Dove 9780143121480 Poetry Penguin Books Penguin Random House In time for the holiday season, a beautiful paperback edition of Penguin’s ...
American Smooth: Poems
American Smooth: Poems Rita Dove 9780393059878 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. This exciting new collection pays homage to America’s kaleidoscopic cultural heritage: from th...
On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems
On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems Rita Dove 9780393320268 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A dazzling new collection by the former Poet Laureate of the United States. In thes...
Mother Love: Poems
Mother Love: Poems Rita Dove 9780393314441 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Calling upon the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, Mother Love examines the love betwe...
The Poet’s World
The Poet’s World Rita Dove 9780844408743 Poetry Library of Congress Library of Congress Publishing Book by Dove, Rita
Museum (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry)
Museum (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry) Rita Dove 9780887481475 Poetry Carnegie-Mellon University Press Carnegie-Mellon University Press A reissuing of Museum, poems by Rita Dove.
The Yellow House on the Corner
The Yellow House on the Corner Rita Dove 9780887480928 Poetry Carnegie-Mellon University Press Carnegie-Mellon University Press When Carnegie Mellon University Press first published The Yellow House o...
Thomas and Beulah
Thomas and Beulah Rita Dove 9780887480218 Poetry Carnegie-Mellon University Press Carnegie-Mellon University Press A collection of poetry by Rita Dove.
Sonata Mulattica: Poems
Sonata Mulattica: Poems Rita Dove 9780393338935 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Detailing the volatile relationship between the black violinist George Bridgetower and Beetho...
The Darker Face Of Earth: A Verse Play
The Darker Face Of Earth: A Verse Play Rita Dove 9780934257749 Poetry Story Line Press Red Hen Press The Darker Face of the Earth, a play by the poet laureate of the United States, creates a human dra...
Through the Ivory Gate: A novel
Through the Ivory Gate: A novel Rita Dove 9780679742401 Poetry Vintage Penguin Random House A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. When a woman returns to her Midwestern ho...
Fifth Sunday
Fifth Sunday Rita Dove 9780912759067 Poetry University Press of Kentucky University Press of Kentucky stories by Pulitzer Prize poet
Museum
Museum Rita Dove 9780915604784 Poetry Carnegie-Mellon University Press Carnegie-Mellon University Press Her second book of poetry.
Only Dark Spot in the Sky
Only Dark Spot in the Sky Rita Dove 9789991666624 Poetry Bookslinger Bookslinger
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove MULTIPLE Prominent authors Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, ...
Rita Dove Poetry Reading April 1, 2016
Rita Dove Poetry Reading April 1, 2016 Poetry & Spoken Word Here Rita Dove (https://aalbc.it/ritapoet), the Pulitzer Prize winning poet reads a sample of her work spanning a period of almost 40 years,...
Resisting Arrest poems to stretch the sky
Resisting Arrest poems to stretch the sky Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove 9780936481098 Poetry Ja...
The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers: Adventures in Sex, Literature, and Real Life
The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers: Adventures in Sex, Literature, and Real Life Calvin C. Hernton 9780385418270 Nonfiction Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Penguin Random House The author of...
Sexual Mountain
Sexual Mountain Calvin C. Hernton 9780385239219 Nonfiction Doubleday Books Penguin Random House The author of Sex and Racism in America argues here that black men, who dominate the world of black lite...
Valjeanne Jeffers
Valjeanne Jeffers NONE Valjeanne Jeffers, a graduate of Spelman College and North Carolina Central University, is a member of the Carolina African American Writer’s Collective. She is a published poe...
Nah Dove
Nah Dove NONE Nah Dorothy Dove, Ph.D. is a proud mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She has lived in Ghana, Nigeria, Canada, the U.S., and the UK. She graduated with a PhD from the State Un...
Virginia Festival of the Book
Virginia Festival of the Book Charlottesville Virginia Produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH), the largest of the 56 state (and territory) humanities councils, the Festival is a...
Phases: Poems
Phases: Poems Tramaine Suubi 9780063344914 Poetry Amistad HarperCollins In this electrifying debut poetry collection—written with the ferocity of Rita Dove’s groundbreaking Thomas and Beulah—a critica...
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets Kwame Alexander 9780316417525 Poetry Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heri...
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library Glory Edim 9781631497698 Fiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company Proudly introducing the Well-Read Black Girl Libr...
The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks
The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks Peter Kahn, Ravi Shankar, Patricia Smith, and Terrance Hayes 9781682260951 Poetry University of Arkansas Press University of Arkansas P...
The Tradition
The Tradition Jericho Brown 9781556594861 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press “By some literary magic—no, it’s precision, and honesty—Brown manages to bestow upon even the most public of su...
June 2017 eNewsletter: The Best New Books, Author Info, and More
June 2017 eNewsletter: The Best New Books, Author Info, and More Troy Johnson Article This Month’s Newsletter is Made Possible by Support From Amistad Authors You Should Know Tracy K. Smith...
Bearden’s Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden
Bearden’s Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda 9780810134898 Poetry TriQuarterly Books Northwestern University Press Borrowing from Romare Bearden’s aest...
Terrific Books Coming in May, Beyond Adichie, and More!
Terrific Books Coming in May, Beyond Adichie, and More! Troy Johnson Article Terrific New Books Coming in May Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Rita Dove will publish a collection of her poetry from the 30...
13th National Black Writers Conference Opening Night Program
13th National Black Writers Conference Opening Night Program Literary Events Participants included Dr. Brenda Greene (https://aalbc.it/brendag), Rowan Ricardo Phillips (https://aalbc.it/rowanrp), Afaa...
2016 National Black Writers Conference
2016 National Black Writers Conference Troy Johnson Article Update: March 25, 2016 The Conference's Complete and final Schedule of Events is Now Available. Greetings Colleagues, We are excited a...
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry Camille T. Dungy 9780820332772 Poetry University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press Black Nature is the first anthology to focu...
Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry)
Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry) Elizabeth Alexander 9780472069378 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press A volume in the Poets on Poe...
The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry
The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry Arnold Rampersad and Hilary Herbold 9780195125634 Poetry Oxford University Press Oxford University Press For over two centuries, black poets have create...
American Sublime: Poems
American Sublime: Poems Elizabeth Alexander 9781555974329 Poetry Graywolf Press Graywolf Press A brilliant new collection by Elizabeth Alexander, whose "poems bristle with the irresistible quality of ...
The Rest Of Love: Poems
The Rest Of Love: Poems Carl Phillips 9780374529628 Poetry Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers Striking new poems from a writer whose "lyric gift … outstrips all diversionary maneuvers." (C...
“Furious Flower” Conference Celebrates African American Poetry
“Furious Flower” Conference Celebrates African American Poetry Jamie Walker Article Harrisonburg, Virginia: Over sixty distinguished poets and scholars gathered to help set the agenda for African A...
The Black Interior: Essays
The Black Interior: Essays Elizabeth Alexander 9781555973933 Nonfiction Graywolf Press Graywolf Press With a poet’s precision and an intellectually adventurous spirit, Elizabeth Alexander explores a w...
Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature
Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature Charles Henry Rowell 9780312288983 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers This important book collects a wide range of fiction and poetry that fi...
African American Writers: Portraits and Visions
African American Writers: Portraits and Visions Lynda Koolish 9781578062584 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi Ai Will Alexander Robe...
Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry
Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry Jerry W. Ward 9780451628640 Poetry Signet Penguin Random House An anthology of African-American poetry represents 250 years of the black experi...
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay 9780393040012 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry Clarence Major 9780060951214 Poetry Harper Perennial HarperCollins The Garden Thrives: 20th Century African-American Poetry, edited by Cla...
Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945
Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 Michael S. Harper 9780316347105 Poetry Back Bay Books Hachette Book Group Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep is a rich ...
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 ...
Valjeanne Jeffers Interview
Valjeanne Jeffers Interview Derrick Ferguson Interview Valjeanne Jeffers is a graduate of Spelman College and North Carolina Central University, and a member of the Carolina African American ...
African American Review
African American Review Loading AAR African American Review - http://aar.slu.edu Office of Editorial Assistant Joe Weixlmann EditorHouston A. Baker Associate Editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Associate Ed...
Callaloo
Callaloo Loading CALLALOO: A JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DIASPORA ARTS & LETTERS Editor & Founder: Charles H. Rowell Founded: 1976 Publication Frequency: Quarterly Circulation: c. 2500 Publisher...
Molefi Kete Asante and Nah Dove
Molefi Kete Asante and Nah Dove MULTIPLE Molefi Kete Asante and Nah Dove are renowned authors known for their significant contributions to African studies. They have enriched the field with their pro...
If the Creek Don’t Rise: My Life Out West with the Last Black Widow of the Civil War
If the Creek Don’t Rise: My Life Out West with the Last Black Widow of the Civil War Rita Williams 9780151011544 Nonfiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt When Rita Williams was ...
Rita Daniels
Rita Daniels NONE Rita Daniels is the great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman, is the President and Founder of the Harriet Tubman Learning Center. Rita Daniels, the great-great-great grandnie...
Rita Williams-Garcia
Rita Williams-Garcia 0000000067575336 Rita Williams-Garcia, a PEN/Norma Klein Award winner, is known for her distinguished young adult and middle-grade novels, including ALA Best Books and Coretta Sc...
Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia, and others
Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Renée Watso...
Rita Woods
Rita Woods NONE Rita Woods is a family doctor, wellness center director, and author of her debut novel, Remembrance. Balancing her professional life with family time and involvement in her local libr...
Jean Marie Wiesen and Rita Daniels
Jean Marie Wiesen and Rita Daniels MULTIPLE Jean Marie Wiesen, is a noted investigative author and mystery crime writer. Rita Daniels, the great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman.
C. J. Chase, Carrie Fancett Pagels, Erica Vetsch, Gabrielle Meyer, Kathleen L. Maher, Lorna Seilstad, Rita Gerlach, and Vanessa Riley
C. J. Chase, Carrie Fancett Pagels, Erica Vetsch, Gabrielle Meyer, Kathleen L. Maher, Lorna Seilstad, Rita Gerlach, and Vanessa Riley MULTIPLE "C.J. Chase, Carrie Fancett Pagels, Erica Vetsch, Gabrie...
Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Rita Lorraine Hubbard NONE Rita Lorraine Hubbard is a renowned author of nonfiction books for adults and children, including the award-winning 'Hammering for Freedom'. She also manages the children's...
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The Afrocentric School [a Blueprint]
The Afrocentric School [a Blueprint] Nah Dove 9781942774136 Nonfiction Universal Write Publications Universal Write Publications Who are we? is a central question asked throughout the African Diaspora...
Seed
Seed Thumper Book Review ’"The measure of a man", my father once said, "is in his scars. Without a scar he isn’t even a man. He is, merely, male."’ ―from...
Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss, and Legacy
Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss, and Legacy Bridgett M. Davis 9780063322080 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins A searing tribute of sisterhood and family, love and profound loss fr...
Rita Williams-Garcia on her novel "P.S. Be Eleven"
Rita Williams-Garcia on her novel "P.S. Be Eleven" Book Spotlights Rita Williams-Garcia (https://aalbc.it/ritawg) Here Rita, an National Book Award finalist, introduces us to her latest book "P.S. Be ...
Rita Williams-Garcia
Rita Williams-Garcia Mélina Mangal 9781584152170 Nonfiction Mitchell Lane Mitchell Lane Publishers This work explores the life and literary career of Rita Williams-Garcia, the award-winning African Am...
Peacocks Dancing
Peacocks Dancing Sharon Maas 9780007118472 Fiction Bookouture Bookouture Another magical saga by the author of Of Marriageable Age. How many of us think as adults we’childhood? And how many manage to...
Being Human Being: Transforming the Race Discourse
Being Human Being: Transforming the Race Discourse Molefi Kete Asante and Nah Dove 9781942774099 Nonfiction Universal Write Publications Universal Write Publications “If there’s anything that has prev...
The Edge of Yesterday
The Edge of Yesterday Rita Woods 9781250805645 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers The Edge of Yesterday is a haunting contemporary speculative novel about time travel and finding yourself from award-w...
Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern Shore
Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern Shore Jean Marie Wiesen and Rita Daniels 9781639368136 Nonfiction Pegasus Books Pegasus Boo...
The Last Dreamwalker
The Last Dreamwalker Rita Woods 9781250805614 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers From Hurston/Wright Legacy Award-winning author Rita Woods, The Last Dreamwalker tells the story of two women, separate...
Philly Girl 2: Carl Weber Presents
Philly Girl 2: Carl Weber Presents Marcus Weber 9781645562801 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Philly Girl 2 will have you re-evaluating the bonds of friendship and love. It will make y...
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner Rita Williams-Garcia 9780593115954 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton ...
A Sitting in St. James
A Sitting in St. James Rita Williams-Garcia 9780062367297 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award!Monumental. —Booklist (starred review)A marathon masterpiece...
Every Time a Rainbow Dies
Every Time a Rainbow Dies Rita Williams-Garcia 9780063079267 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia, Every Time a Rainbow Di...
Jumped
Jumped Rita Williams-Garcia 9780063079281 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Beloved author Rita Williams-Garcia intertwines the lives of three very different teens in this fast-paced, gritty narr...
No Laughter Here
No Laughter Here Rita Williams-Garcia 9780063079298 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins In this groundbreaking novel, Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia uses her vividly realistic...
Remembrance
Remembrance Rita Woods 9781250298454 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Remembrance by Rita Woods is a breakout historical debut with modern resonance, perfect for the many fans of The Underground Rai...
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read Rita Lorraine Hubbard 9781524768287 Nonfiction Schwartz & Wade Random House Children's Books Imagine learning to read at the age of 116! Discover th...
Like Sisters on the Homefront
Like Sisters on the Homefront Rita Williams-Garcia 9780062823922 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Rita Williams-Garcia’s masterful and bold Coretta Scott King Honor Book is fresh, funny, and pow...
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set: One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set: One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama Rita Williams-Garcia 9780062889652 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins All three books in the Coretta Scott ...
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground Rita Williams-Garcia 9780062215918 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins A National Book Award Longlist title that has earned 5 starred reviews!"This slim novel strikes a strong ...
Bottle Cap Boys Dancing On Royal Street
Bottle Cap Boys Dancing On Royal Street Rita Williams-Garcia 9781603490306 Fiction Marimba Books Just Us Books, Inc. Tap dancing on sidewalks, especially in the city’s French Quarter, is a New Orleans...
Gone Crazy in Alabama
Gone Crazy in Alabama Rita Williams-Garcia 9780062215871 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Coretta Scott King Award Winner and AALBC.com bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gait...
A Love So Deep (Zane Presents)
A Love So Deep (Zane Presents) Suzetta Perkins 9781593094324 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. When Graham Peters’s wife of forty years suddenly dies, he finds himself unable to cope with h...
One Crazy Summer
One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia 9780060760908 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonet...
African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes
African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes Rita Lorraine Hubbard 9781596293151 Nonfiction The History Press The History Press Beginning in 1541 with Hernando De Soto’s Spanish expedi...
Catherine Mann
Catherine Mann 0000000121252993 Catherine Mann is a USA Today bestselling author and RITA Award winner who has written over 60 contemporary romance books. A former theater school director with degree...
Harlem Sunset
Harlem Sunset Nekesa Afia 9780593199121 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House Named a 2022 People Magazine best book of the summer! A riveting Harlem Renaissance Mystery featuring Louise Lloyd...
Is The Dove Commercial Racist?
Is The Dove Commercial Racist? Author Interviews Is the seemingly miraculous transformation of a Black woman into a white woman racist? https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/4751-black-woman-turns-white/
Black Dove White Raven
Black Dove White Raven Elizabeth Wein 9781423185239 Fiction LBRY Plus LBRY Emilia and Teo’s lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt pilot mot...
Raven in a Dove House
Raven in a Dove House Andrea Davis Pinkney 9780544230163 Fiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt It’s summer vacation, and twelve-year-old Nell has gone upstate to spend a month wi...
Elizabeth Wein
Elizabeth Wein 0000000058378066 Elizabeth Wein, a recreational pilot and avid map collector, is a celebrated author of young adult novels. Her works include the NY Times bestseller 'Code Name Verity'...
NBWC Biennial Symposium
NBWC Biennial Symposium Medgar Evers College Brooklyn New York In 2025, honoring Tony Medina and Rita Williams-Garcia for their contributions to Black Young Adult & Middle Grade Literature. The Bienn...