African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song Edited Material:Hardcover which is on view from

which is on view from July 31 to December 5

Reflecting on the presidency

Understand the threads of poetic history—in movements such as the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances

and gender with characteristic subtly and grace

I came busting into the world during one of New York's worst snowstorms

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song Edited Material:Hardcover which is on view fromA literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the present. Only now, in the 21st century, can we fully grasp the breadth and range of African American poetry: a magnificent chorus of voices, some familiar, others recently rescued from neglect. Here, in this unprecedented anthology expertly selected by poet and scholar Kevin Young, this precious living heritage