Ground WorkHaki Madhubuti is one of the foremost Black poets and has been in the vanguard of Black letters for more than 25 years. He has perfected the ability to combine politics and poetry in a powerful and unique style that is both accessible and profound. GroundWork: Selected Poems from 1966-1996 is a landmark collection of Madhubuti's poetic vision for and critique of African-Americans and American society as a whole. From ""But He Was Cool"" and ""One Sided Shoot-out"" to ""White People are People Too"" and ""Too Many of Our Young are Dying"", GroundWork is a compendium of verse that is both thoughtful, memorable, and represents some of the best work in a generation of American poets of any color. |
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... waiting for late men that come in with , " i don't want to hear bout nothing black tonight . " u feel that way sometimes wondering : while eating on newspaper tablecloths & sleeping on clean bed sheets that couldn't stop bedbugs as ...
... waiting for late men that come in with , " i don't want to hear bout nothing black tonight . " u feel that way sometimes wondering : while eating on newspaper tablecloths & sleeping on clean bed sheets that couldn't stop bedbugs as ...
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... waiting on waiters who wait for a living as movers perfect the reasons why others must wait . movers say that waiting is an ancient art form perfected by negroes waiting on something called freedom that will surely come if the waiters ...
... waiting on waiters who wait for a living as movers perfect the reasons why others must wait . movers say that waiting is an ancient art form perfected by negroes waiting on something called freedom that will surely come if the waiters ...
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... waiting is better than communism , socialism and hinduism , why waiting is more uplifting than full employment and is the coming tool to eliminate illiteracy and hunger . waitin , waitin , tush . western economists and sociologists have ...
... waiting is better than communism , socialism and hinduism , why waiting is more uplifting than full employment and is the coming tool to eliminate illiteracy and hunger . waitin , waitin , tush . western economists and sociologists have ...
Contents
Foreword by Gwendolyn Brooks xiii | |
The New Integrationist 21 | |
Contradiction in Essence 27 | |
Copyright | |
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