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The Sixth Wave of African American poetry reflected a diversity of educational, social, political, economic and spiritual experiences. It covered a period from the late 1970s to the 1990s. During this period, women poets in particular, distinguished themselves as powerful new voices, challenging traditional views of Blackness and helping to demonstrate an unprecendented depth and variety of experiences. Experience the power of poetic diversity that was the Sixth Wave through selections of poetry by contemporary luminaries including Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Kwame Senu Dawes, Essex Hemphill, Marilyn Nelson and Yosef Komunyakaa. This is the third book in the Poetry from the Masters series.

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