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National Poetry Month: African American Poets

Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April.

Nikki Giovanni

Giovanni's biography and poetry

Poetry Collections

American Smooth by Rita Dove
Call Number: PS3554.O884 A77 2004
ISBN: 0393327442
Publication Date: 2006-02-17
Vice: New & Selected Poems by Ai
Call Number: electronic resource
ISBN: 0393320189
Publication Date: 1986-01-01

Terrance Hayes

Hayes' biography and poetry

Poetry Collections

Lighthead by Terrance Hayes
Call Number: PS3558.A8378 L54 2010
ISBN: 0143116967
Publication Date: 2010-03-30
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni
Call Number: PS3557.I55 A6 2003
ISBN: 0060724293
Publication Date: 2007-01-23

Yusef Komunyakaa

Komunyakaa's biography and poetry

Poetry Collections

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes; Arnold Rampersad (Editor)
Call Number: electronic resource
ISBN: 0679764089
Publication Date: 1995-10-31
Selected Poems by Claude McKay
Call Number: PS3525.A24785 A6 1953
ISBN: 0486408760
Publication Date: 1999-06-30