"This is the definitive collection of poetry by Sterling A. Brown, one of the greatest African-American poet of the last century"--
This is the definitive collection of poetry by Sterling A. Brown, one of the greatest African-American poet of the last century.
Sterling A. Brown was renowned for his prolific poetry and scholarship on African American folklife. A contemporary of Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer and the first poet laureate of the District of Columbia, Brown gained acclaim for blues, jazz, and southern folklore. His celebrated works, including Southern Road, are collages of narrative and dialect expressing an unflinching poetic voice.
Edited by the late distinguished poet Michael S. Harper, this new edition includes a foreword by award-winning poet Cornelius Eady and introductory texts by James Weldon Johnson and Sterling Stuckey. The result is a tour de force by one of the most distinctive poets in American letters.
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Sterling Brown's poetry should be in print in perpetuity. Its meanings, legends, melodies, and mythologies could only have been shaped by a Black American throat. Sterling Brown's poems have the power of revival music, the declaration of great oratory, and the sonorous crooning of a young man in love." - Maya Angelou
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Introduction to the First Edition |
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23 | (3) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (2) |
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When de Saints Go Ma'ching Home |
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30 | (5) |
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35 | (2) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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Ruminations of Luke Johnson |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (2) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (2) |
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55 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (5) |
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Part Two On Restless River |
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67 | (3) |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (2) |
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Children of the Mississippi |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (3) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (7) |
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99 | (4) |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (5) |
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Part Three Tin Roof Blues |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (5) |
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To a Certain Lady, in Her Garden |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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Nous n'irons plus au bois ... |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (6) |
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The Last Ride of Wild Bill |
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The Last Ride of Wild Bill |
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145 | (17) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (3) |
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167 | (4) |
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171 | (2) |
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177 | (10) |
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187 | (2) |
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193 | (3) |
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196 | (2) |
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198 | (3) |
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Part Two The Cotton South |
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206 | (2) |
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Part Three Down in Atlanta |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (2) |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (6) |
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Part Four "Rocks Cried Out" |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (1) |
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Memo: For the Race Orators |
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232 | (3) |
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235 | (2) |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (5) |
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Part Five Road to the Left |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (9) |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (2) |
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265 | (3) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (3) |
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Part Seven Washington, D.C. |
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273 | (2) |
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275 | (2) |
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No More Worlds to Conquer |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (2) |
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280 | (5) |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (3) |
| An Annotated Bibliography of the Works of Sterling A. Brown |
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Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989) was one of the most important and influential figures in the development of African-American literature and criticism in the twentieth century. Born in Washington, D.C., he became not only a poet but a folklorist, anthologist, critic, and reviewer. Brown was a professor at Howard University for forty years. Michael S. Harper (1938-2016) was a celebrated poet and professor. The first poet laureate of Rhode Island, he taught at Brown University from 1970 to 2013. Cornelius Eady is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Hardheaded Weather and The Gathering of My Name. He is the co-founder of Cave Canem.
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