African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (A Library of America Anthology) PG_Gift_Guide Men like Vernon Baker

Men like Vernon Baker

sheltering his people from the weird and horrible

Speaking in Tongues finally emerges as an engaging and accessible work of philosophy

to finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobriety

and Nevaeh want him out of their lives

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (A Library of America Anthology) PG_Gift_Guide Men like Vernon BakerA literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the present Across a turbulent history, from such vital centers as Harlem, Chicago, Washington, D. C., Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, Black poets created a rich and multifaceted tradition that has been both a reckoning with American realities and an imaginative response to them. Capturing the power and beauty of