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These four volumes collect the works of eleven poets writing in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Volume 1 presents two collections by Mary E. Tucker Lambert--Loew's Bridge, A Broadway Idyl, a poet's-eye view of lower Manhattan just after the Civil War, and Poems--and Infelicia, a dramatic work by the notorious Adah Isaacs Menken. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 contain works by nine other poets, all of which were published between 1895 and 1910, a particularly brutal era for blacks. But, surprisingly, only one of these women (Lizelia Moorer) protests the treatment of her race during this period of social upheaval and injustice. The remaining eight poets all conformed to the ethos of most black writers of the time, "whitewashing" their art while educating and uplifting their people. Their themes are traditional--love, nature, death, Christian idealism and morality, and family--and are for the most part couched in conventional forms and language. As interesting for the themes that they address as for those that they ignore, these selections offer a unique sampling of poetic voices that, until now, have gone largely unheard.
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Tiffaney Jones
reviewed Collected Black Women's Poetry, Vol. 2 on October 26, 2016
Collected Black Women's Poetry, Vol. 2
Memory of Kin is an excellent anthology of stories all about family from a selection of accomplished black writers. It includes three short stories by Ernest J. Gaines: Just like A Tree (Auntie Fe), The Sky Is Gray (James and his Mama), and A Long Day In November (Eddie, Amy, and Sonny Howard). I enjoyed all three because of the strong characterizations they contained and their realistic depictions of supportive and loving, yet sometimes harsh and demanding, family relationships.
Male dominance, the threat of violence, and interference from kin almost destroys a family in A Long Day In November but the story ends on a hopeful note. Madame Toussaint's advice accomplished what Reverend Simmons' intervention could not - reuniting the Howard family.
Other favorites include Roselily by Alice Walker, The Circling Hand by Jamaica Kincaid, and To Da-Duh, In Memoriam by Paule Marshall.
What helped earn this wonderful anthology five stars is the inclusion of commentaries about each author written by the anthologist, Mary Helen Washington. These critical essays enhanced my understanding and appreciation of these authors and their works.
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