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Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade
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Hardcover. Founded by poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996, Cave Canem has dedicated itself to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. This is a collection of more than one hundred poems by Cave Canem participants and faculty, including an eclectic gathering of forms, a bop, blues, sestinas, centos, and more. Editor(s): Derricotte, Toi; Eady, Cornelius. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Founded by prizewinning poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996, Cave Canem has for the past ten years dedicated itself to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Cave Canem began as a week-long summer workshop/retreat for poets and has now expanded to include regional workshops, poetry readings, a series of public interviews between major poets and emerging younger poets, and an annual first book prize. The roster of participants in Cave Canem workshops and events is impressive, including Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marilyn Nelson, Sonia Sanchez, Al Young, and many others. This collection of ... Read more
Founded by prizewinning poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996, Cave Canem has for the past ten years dedicated itself to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Cave Canem began as a week-long summer workshop/retreat for poets and has now expanded to include regional workshops, poetry readings, a series of public interviews between major poets and emerging younger poets, and an annual first book prize. The roster of participants in Cave Canem workshops and events is impressive, including Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marilyn Nelson, Sonia Sanchez, Al Young, and many others. This collection of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472099245
SKU
V9780472099245
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About
Toi Derricotte is author of the memoir The Black Notebooks, and of four books of poetry: Tender, Captivity, Natural Birth, and The Empress of the Death House. She is Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. Cornelius Eady is the author of Brutal Imagination, Autobiography of a Jukebox, and You Don't Miss Your Water, among others. He is Associate ... Read more
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