Here's a list of links focusing on my writings about poets, rappers, their works, and issues related to verse in general this year.
[Related content: Blogging about Black Poetry -- 2010]
Writings on Poets
• Nikky Finney's George Bush Sonnet Sequence, Pt. 1
• Gil Scott-Heron and the Poetry, Rap (Dis)Connection
• Gil Scott's Role in an Untelevised Revolution
• A Poet Laureate (Always) at Work: Eugene B. Redmond
• L. Hughes, N. Giovanni, & Black Poetry Placement Power
• Rapper-Poet-Hip Hop Head: The Sagas of Treasure Williams
• The Value of Skeptical Poets: Notes on Dwayne Betts
• Kevin Young & The Langston Hughes Connection
• The Enviable Persistence of Poet Allison Joseph
• Evie Shockley and This Douglass Poetry Discourse
• Tyehimba Jess & the Persona of a Blind Black Man
• Nikky Finney's Reading Style
• Nikky Finney and her Audience
• Nikky Finney, Nikki Giovanni, & the Black Poetry Best Seller List
• Adrian Matejka--The Signed Mixology and For Show Mixology
• Allison Joseph's Presence Among our 100 books
• Kevin Young Representing Cinque
• Treasure Williams and the Arkansippi Effect
• Evie Shockley Addresses Thomas Jefferson
• The Visual Experience of Evie Shockley’s the new black
• Treasure Williams Channels Fannie Lou Hamer in STL
• Kevin Young's Expansive Body of Work
• Multi-threaded Comments on Kevin Young's Ardency
• The Coverage of Kevin Young's Ardency
• Treasure Williams on Fannie Lou Hamer on Facebook
Notebook on Poetry
• 150+ Years of Antislavery Poems by Black Poets
• Teenage Black Girls, "Ego Tripping," and African American Literary History
• The Rise & Fall of Signature Poems
• From Popular Black Poets to Public Intellectuals
• Images of Black Writers in Mainstream Publications
• Rita Dove Addresses "Racist Selectivity"
• Following Poetry Scholars
• How Public are Poets?
• Why the Birth Years of Black Poets Matter
• The Contemporary Poet as Historical Researcher
Notebook on Rap
• An Intellectual History of Consciousness in Rap: Jay Electronica
• The Golden (Birth) Years of Rappers
Verbal Skills
• Malcolm X--Verbal Artist & Muse
• Black Men, Verbal Skills, and the NBA
Memorizing Poetry
• The Rewards of Memorizing Haiku
• Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America"
• Robert Hayden's "Frederick Douglass"
• Kelly Norman Ellis's "Raised by Women"
Promise of Poetry Project
• 101 Volumes of African American Poetry, 2000-2011
• 100 Volumes of Poetry
Public Poetry Projects
• Mixed Media Poetry Project @ William Woods University
• Presenting Poetry & Photos at St. Louis Community College
Online Poems
• 10 Poems by Evie Shockley
• 10 Poems by Kevin Young
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