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Lewis Grandison Alexander (July 4, 1898 – November 25, 1945) was an African-American poet, actor, playwright, and costume designer who lived in Washington, D.C., and had strong ties to the Harlem Renaissance period in New York. Alexander focused most of his time and creativity on poetry, and it is for this that he is best known.
Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio, to Ray Dove, one of the first African-American chemists to work in the U.S. tire industry (as a research chemist at Goodyear), and Elvira Hord, who achieved honors in high school and would share her passion for reading with her daughter.
This is a list of noted South African poets, poets born or raised in South Africa, whether living there or overseas, and writing in one of the South African languages This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Amanda S. C. Gorman [1] (born March 7, 1998) [2] is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015.
Chandra Russell wants to help show "that Black women have 1,000,023 ways to be silly." “I Run This” is a weekly interview series that highlights Black women and femmes who do dope shit in ...
Poems, Editions Poetry London (1947) Moral Stories (1954) Monologue of a Deaf Man (1958) Adam at Evening, Hodder & Stoughton (1965) Nerve Ends, Hodder & Stoughton (1969) To the Gods the Shades: New and Collected Poems, Carcanet New Press (1976) A view of the north, Carcanet Press (1976) A South African album, Cape Town: David Philip (1976)
This is a list of African poets. Contemporary Africa has a range of important poets across many different genres and cultures. Poetry in Africa details more on the history and context of contemporary poetry on the continent.
Jeni Couzyn (born 1942), Canadian poet and anthologist of South African extraction; Rosemary Daniell (born 1935), American poet and author, known as a second-wave feminist and for writing about the deep south; H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961), American poet, novelist and memoirist known for Imagist poetry; Diane Di Prima (1934–2020 ...