{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-calvin-c-hernton-9780819500366","title":"Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive guide to a major African American poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume promises to be the definitive guide to Calvin C. Hernton's unparalleled poetic career, re-introducing readers to a major voice in American poetry. Hernton was a cofounder of the Umbra Poets Workshop; a participant in the Black Arts Movement, R. D. Laing's Kingsley Hall, and the Antiuniversity of London; and a teacher at Oberlin College who counted amongst his friends bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Odetta. As a pioneer in the field of Black Studies, Hernton developed a theoretical and practical pedagogy with lasting impact on generations of students. He may be best known as an anti-sexist sociologist, following in the footsteps of W.E.B. Du Bois, but Hernton viewed himself, above all, as a poet. This volume includes a generous selection of Hernton's previously published poems, from classics like the often anthologized \"The Distant Drum\" to the visionary epic \u003ci\u003eThe Coming of Chronos to \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e House of Nightsong, \u003c\/i\u003e reprinted in full for the first time since 1964, alongside uncollected and unpublished material from the Calvin C. Hernton papers at Ohio University, a new critical introduction, and detailed notes, chronology, and bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[sample poem]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Distant Drum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am not a metaphor or symbol.\u003cbr\u003eThis you hear is not the wind in the trees.\u003cbr\u003eNor a cat being maimed in the street.\u003cbr\u003eI am being maimed in the street\u003cbr\u003eIt is I who weep, laugh, feel pain or joy.\u003cbr\u003eSpeak this because I exist.\u003cbr\u003eThis is my voice\u003cbr\u003eThese words are my words, my mouth\u003cbr\u003eSpeaks them, my hand writes.\u003cbr\u003eI am a poet.\u003cbr\u003eIt is my fist you hear beating\u003cbr\u003eAgainst your ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Calvin C. Hernton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819500366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCALVIN COOLIDGE HERNTON (1932--2001) was an American sociologist, poet, and author, particularly renowned for his 1965 study \u003ci\u003eSex and Racism in America\u003c\/i\u003e and for co-founding the Society of Umbra. ISHMAEL REED (Oakland, CA) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor, and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture. His numerous achievements and awards include a MacArthur Fellowship and a lifetime achievement Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. DAVID GRUNDY (London, England) is the author of\u003ci\u003e A Black Arts Poetry Machine: Amiri Baraka and the Umbra Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently a British Academy Fellow at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, where he is working on two manuscripts, \u003ci\u003e Survival Music: Free Jazz Then and Now\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Never by Itself Alone: Queer Poetry in Boston and San Francisco, 1943-Present\u003c\/i\u003e, and a further edited collection on Umbra. LAURI SCHEYER (Glencoe, IL) is Xiaoxiang Scholars Program Distinguished Professor and founding Director of the British and American Poetry Research Center at Hunan Normal University (China). Her many prior books include\u003ci\u003e A History of African American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlave Songs and the Birth of African American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41171320995955,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":28.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_db89496c-8aef-4d2f-b934-2e824e86ff86.jpg?v=1703168491","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-calvin-c-hernton-9780819500366","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}