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#Bookspine365 Day 47 "Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry" by Various Poets

Trouble the Water  250 Year of African-American Poetry by various poets is a great shelfie. I have read and re-read the poetry in this book a few times. Softcover and mass market sized, the book is now a beat up copy which I own. I have no problem with this. I have a few annotations inside, the pages are still quite crisp even from all the reading.


The selections are from over 100 poets, beginning with oral poetry and slave creations, followed by voices before freedom. Reconstruction and the early 20th century continues ending with the new age. Contributor notes add short autobiographies of the poets.

Book Specs:

Trouble the Water 250 Years of African American Poetry
Edited and with an Introductin by Jerry W. Ward Jr., et al., 1997
Publisher: Penguin Group
Pages: 566


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