Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement: Reflections

In July 2015, a group of us gathered, “Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement,” an NEH-funded Institute that sought to respond to “the resurgence of interest in contemporary poetry, its expanded production and wide circulation.” 

 Ten years later, Laura Vrana, Sequoia Maner, and I decided to produce a notebook of entries reflecting on the institute. 

Entries: 

• Black Poetry after the Black Arts Movement as A Whole Vibe -- Sequoia Maner

• Maryemma Graham, NEH, and African American literary studies -- Howard Rambsy II

• You forgot to tell Evie Shockley how she unknowingly sparked all that Black poetry commentary -- Howard Rambsy II

• Sarah Arbuthnot Lendt and the Invisible Workings of African American Literary Studies -- Howard Rambsy II

• When Joanne Gabbin organizes a Black poetry gathering -- Howard Rambsy II

• Jerry W. Ward, Jr. and Black Poetry -- Howard Rambsy II

• When an advanced group of scholars converged to study Black poetry -- Howard Rambsy II

• Lasting Impacts of Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement -- Tara T. Green, Joycelyn Moody, Richard Schur, and Jim Donahue

• The Importance of Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement -- Laura Vrana

• Mari Evans and Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement -- Georgene Bess Montgomery

• More Lasting Impacts of Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement -- Deborah M. Mix 

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• A Notebook on Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement