Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Poetry Thursday:

In my continued observance of Black History Month, I discuss an anthology published in 2020 by the Library of America: African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song, edited by Kevin Young.

Poems read include:

Fabio, Sarah Webster. "I Would Be For You Rain."
Smith, Patricia. "Building Nicole's Mama."
Derricotte, Toi. "On the Turning Up of Unidentified Black Female Corpses."
Monet, Aja. "# sayhername"

All poems appear in:
Young, Kevin, Ed. African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song.
Library of America, 2020.

Also mentioned:
Young, Kevin, Ed. A Century of Poetry in THE NEW YORKER 1925-2025. Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.


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