Welcome to the Poets of Color of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
A small sampling of poetry by poets of color are examined in this class as a way of expanding our perception of the American poetry cannon. Our discussions investigate the new forms, open languages, and cultural origins of the works, and also how these poets intersect with the literary terrain.
Poets of Color
Elmaz Abinader, InstructorOffice: 313 Mills Hall
510 430 2225elmaz@earthlink.net
office hours: 5-6:30 Thursday and by appointment
Here are the texts for the class.
• Asian American Poetry: the Next Generation edited by Victoria Chang
• Voices from Leimert Park, ed by Shonda, Buchannan
• Effigies, An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing Pacific Rim, 2009, Okpik, Rexford McDougall, etc (Salt Publishing)
• The Wind Shifts, New Latino Poetry, Edited by Francisco Aragón
• The Essential Etheridge Knight by Etheridge Knight
• Mercy by Lucille Clifton
• Zodiac of Echoes by Khaled Mattawa
• Diwata by Barbara Jane Reyes
Monday, November 26, 2012
Moments
Poem from studies: "Between Two Languages" by Adela Najarro
Personal poem: Under the California Sun
Artist Bio: I write the sudden moments.
Update--
ReplyDeletePoem from studies: La Aurora by Emmy Perez
Personal poem: The Game of Living Dangerous