black nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry edited by Camille T. Dungy

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black nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry edited by Camille T. DungyBlack Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetryanything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what

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WINNER OF THE SNOWBOUND CHAPBOOK AWARD“Night Logic is an exquisite suite of poems rendering a family challenged by loss

And poets are people who are determined to leave a trace in words

how can one protect oneself

and unflinching look at where we are as a country

who writes it

prank calls

and throughout the collection

Drawing on the history of  “romance” as the troubadours knew it and the titular flower’s ancient allegories for sexuality and mystery

and who upholds these myths

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