Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry

Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry is an anthology of poems by more than one hundred award-winning poets, including Jericho Brown, Justin Philip Reed, and Tracy K. Smith, with themed essays on poetics from celebrated scholars such as Kwame Dawes, Meta DuEwa Jones, and Evie Shockley.The Furious Flower Poetry Center is the nation’s first academic center for Black poetry. In this eponymous collection, editors Joanne V. Gabbin and Lauren K. Alleyne bring together many of the paramount voices in Black poetry and poetics active today, composing an electrifying mosaic of voices, generations, and aesthetics that reveals the Black narrative in the work of twentieth- and twenty-first-century writers. Intellectually enlightening and powerfully enlivening, Furious Flower explores and celebrates the idea of the Black poetic voice by posing the question, What’s next for Black poetic expression? Read about The Furious Flower Conference of 1994 Poets Featured: John Bracey (Foreword) Iain Haley Pollock Gregory Pardlo A. Van Jordan Glenis Redmond Fred Joiner Frank X. Walker F. Douglas Brown E. Ethelbert Miller Erica Hunt Duriel E. Harris Douglas Manuel Douglas Kearney Dante Micheaux Jericho Brown Jacqueline Jones LaMon Janice N. Harrington Hayes Davis Clemonce Heard DaMaris B. Hill Cynthia Manick Curtis L. Crisler Cortney Lamar Charleston Cornelius Eady CM Burroughs John Murillo Tara Betts t’ai freedom ford Shayla Lawson Sherese Francis Shauna M. Morgan Samantha Thornhill Safiya Sinclair Safia Elhillo Remica Bingham-Risher Randall Horton Raina J. Le n Phillip B. Williams Donika Kelly Dominique Christina Dexter L. Booth Destiny O. Birdsong Derrick Weston Brown DeLana R. A. Dameron David Mills darlene anita scott Metta S ma Sharan Strange Candice Wiley Bianca Lynne Spriggs Ana-Maurine Lara Amber Flora Thomas Amaud Jamaul Johnson Amanda Johnston Ama Codjoe Alan W. King Abdul Ali Kwame Dawes Yalie Kamara Xandria Phillips Tyehimba Jess Tracy K. Smith Tony Medina Toi Derricotte Tiana Clark Thylias Moss Teri Ellen Cross Davis Taylor Johnson Cedric Tillman Camille T. Dungy Bettina Judd avery r. young Chanda Feldman Joshua B. Bennett JP Howard Julian Randall Justin Phillip Reed Kamilah Aisha Moon Keith S. Wilson Kevin Simmonds Khadijah Queen Korey Williams Krista Franklin L. Lamar Wilson Lauren Russell Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Lynne Procope Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon Major Jackson Marcus Jackson Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie Matthew Shenoda Mahtem Shiferraw Mendi Lewis Obadike Meta DuEwa Jones Michael Collins Nabila Lovelace Nandi Comer Natasha Marin Natasha Oladokun Nate Marshall Nagueyalti Warren Nicole Sealey Nkosi Nkululeko Opal Moore Evie Shockley Ladan Osman Rickey Laurentiis Jasmine Richards Terrance Hayes francine j. harris Patricia Spears Jones Patricia Smith Ruth Ellen Kocher Ross Gay Arisa White Saretta Morgan Indigo Moor Marcus Wicker Danez Smith Aricka Foreman Mary Alice Daniel Clint Smith Darrel Alejandro Holnes Reginald Dwayne Dwayne Betts Mitchel L.H. Douglas Charif Shanahan Anastacia Renee Alexis Pauline Gumbs Valencia Robin