20 Anthologies featuring African American Poetry, 1992 - 2002

Organized and compiled by Cindy Lyles and Howard Rambsy II

1992 -- In the Tradition: An Anthology of Young Black Writers edited by Ras Baraka and Kevin Powell

1994 -- Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 edited by Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton

1994 -- Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café edited by Miguel Algarin and Bob Holman

1994 -- I Hear a Symphony: African Americans Celebrate Love edited Felix H. Liddell and and Paula L. Woods

1994 -- In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry edited by E. Ethelbert Miller

1996 -- The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry edited by Clarence Major

1996 -- Soulfires: Young Black Men on Love and Violence edited by Rohan B. Preston and Daniel J. Wideman

1996 -- African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 edited by Joan R. Sherman

1996 -- 360 Degrees A Revolution of Black Poets edited by Kwame Alexander and Kalamu Ya Salaam, eds

1997 -- Spirit & Flame: An Anthology of African American Poetry edited by Keith Gilyard

1997 -- Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry edited by Jerry W. Ward, Jr.

1998 -- Ain’t But a Place: An Anthology of African American Writings about St. Louis edited by Gerlad Early

1998 -- Catch the Fire!!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African-American Poetry edited by Derrick I. M. Gilbert

2000 -- The Vintage Book of African American Poetry edited by Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton

2000 -- Step into a World: A Global Anthology of New Black Literature edited by Kevin Powell

2000 -- Giant Steps: The New Generation of African American Writers edited by Kevin Young

2001 -- Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam edited by Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera

2002 -- Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art edited by Samiya Bashir, Lansana, Quraysh Ali, and Tony Medina

2002 -- Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century edited by E. Ethelbert Miller

2002 -- Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature edited by Charles H. Rowell

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