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This is a list of notable African American poets. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans. Ron Allen, poet, playwright [1]
Sterling A. Brown (1901–1989), poet, literary critic, professor, poet laureate of the District of Columbia; William Wells Brown (1814–1884), wrote first novel published by an African American, Clotel (1853) Anatole Broyard (1920–1990) Ashley Bryan (1923–2022) Niobia Bryant (born 1972), author of romance and mainstream fiction novels
African-American women poets (16 P) A. Affrilachian Poets (9 P) Pages in category "African-American poets" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
The award-winning poet, essayist, and culture critic’s debut essay collection, “They Can’t Kill Us Unless They Kill Us,” released in 2017, was such an iconic first attempt, the book will ...
African-American male songwriters (1 C, 157 P) Pages in category "African-American male writers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 393 total.
Melvin Dixon (May 29, 1950 – October 26, 1992 [1]) was an American Professor of Literature, and an author, poet and translator. He wrote about black gay men. [ 2 ]
Haki R. Madhubuti (born Don Luther Lee on February 23, 1942) is an African-American author, educator, and poet, as well as a publisher and operator of black-themed bookstore. He is particularly recognized in connection with the founding in 1967 of Third World Press , considered the oldest independent black publishing house in the United States.
His poetry has been collected in two books: Less Than a Score, But a Point (Random House's Vintage Books, 1974) [6] and Poems in One Part Harmony (Carolina Wren, 1980). [7] Reddy often reads the poetry of Beat poet Bob Kaufman, his favorite poet. Reddy has been inspired by French artist Marc Chagall, who is also a painter and poet.