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Maurice Jackson
The stories of the Black men and women who combated racial prejudice in Washington, DC, with sports and music
In the Nation's Capital, music and sports have played a central…
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E Ethelbert Miller
Poetry collection by E. Ethelbert Miller, writer, literary activist, and editor of Poet Lore. Miller is a two-time Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Fellow and the founder of the Humanities Council…
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Committed to developing frameworks for defining and evaluating Black poetry, literary scholar Stephen E. Henderson (1925-1997) examined the question: What makes a poem Black? This volume is designed to expand…
The poet lives inside and outside of life. In the little book of e poet E. Ethelbert Miller embraces the Japanese poetic form of haiku to comment on our contemporary…
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Much-honored Washington, D.C. poet activist E. Ethelbert Miller delights and surprises us with his deft imaginings and portraits. Ethelbert’s poems play out in baseball rhythm and express the joy of…
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Here are poems that celebrate and interpret the game by one of America’s finest poets. They are for everyone who has experienced the magic released when three holy things come…
Beginning with the memory of landscapes and landmarks, this anthology presents poems in the tradition of For My People by Margaret Walker. More than 100 prominent African-American poets contribute, including…
The author’s strong voice resounds throughout this collection from the title poem to the final pages as he examines failed relationships and broken promises, exploring themes of despair, depression, and…
E. Ethelbert Miller
In this wide-ranging collection of lyrics, dealing with such themes as family, love, racism, and war, E. Ethelbert Miller sets his scenes against the backdrop of the stark realities of…
A well-crafted and moving second memoir from a fine literary activist.
Moving beyond the loss of both his father and brother, E.Ethelbert Miller tells the story of how love survived in his family. When Miller was about ten years old, his…
Much of First Light is autobiographical, a young boy growing into urban manhood; it’s a book of family, of strangers, of learning to tell time by the people that populated…
One can watch many baseball games before seeing a triple play. With this book E. Ethelbert Miller completes his baseball trilogy. How I Found Love Behind the Catcher’s Mask is…
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An unforgettable portrait of an African American family from the author of Amistad–now back in print!
This book presents a collection of fascinating stories about the DC jazz scene throughout its history, including a portrait of the cultural hotbed of Seventh and U Streets, the role…
