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This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems

by Margaret Walker

ISBN13: 9780820345970
ISBN10: 0820345970
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About the Author

Margaret Walker (1915–1998) wrote poetry, essays, the novel Jubilee, and a biography of Richard Wright. She created pioneering programs in the humanities and African American studies at Jackson State University, where she was a faculty member for almost three decades. Maryemma Graham is a professor of English and African American studies at the University of Kansas and is the editor of Fields Watered with Blood: Critical Essays on Margaret Walker (Georgia). Nikky Finney won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011 for her collection Head Off & Split. She is the editor of The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (Georgia).

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ISBN:: 9780820345970
Subtitle:: New and Collected Poems
Author:: Walker, Margaret
Author:: Finney, Nikky
Author:: Graham, Maryemma
Publisher:: University of Georgia Press
Subject:: Single Author / American
Subject:: Poetry/African American
Edition Description:: Trade Paper
Publication Date:: 20131015
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
Pages:: 256
Dimensions:: 8.5 x 5.5 in

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