One last word : wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance /

"In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance -- including voices like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era -- by combining their work with her own original poetry. Using "...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Grimes, Nikki (Author)
Other Authors:	Cabrera, Cozbi A. (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Subjects:	African Americans > Poetry. African Americans > Juvenile literature. JUVENILE NONFICTION > People & Places > United States > African American. JUVENILE NONFICTION > United States > History > 20th century. JUVENILE FICTION > Stories in Verse. Poetry. JUVENILE NONFICTION > United States > History > 20th Century. African Americans.

Table of Contents:

Emergency measure / by Nikki Grimes
Storm ending / by Jean Toomer
Truth / by Nikki Grimes
Life and death / by Clara Ann Thompson
Crucible of champions / by Nikki Grimes
For a poet / by Countee Cullen
A safe place / by Nikki Grimes
Calling dreams / by Georgia Douglas Johnson
The sculptor / by Nikki Grimes
We wear the mask / by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jabari unmasked / by Nikki Grimes
Mother to son / by Langston Hughes
Lessons / by Nikki Grimes
As the eagle soars / by Jean Toomer
No hamsters here / by Nikki Grimes
An excerpt from To Usward / by Gwendolyn Bennett
In search of a superpower / by Nikki Grimes
Hope / by Georgia Douglas Johnson
On bully patrol / by Nikki Grimes
The negro speaks of rivers / by Langston Hughes
David's old soul / by Nikki Grimes
To a dark girl / by Gwendlyn Bennett
Through the eyes of artists / by Nikki Grimes
Common dust / by Georgia Douglas Johnson
A dark date for Josh / by Nikki Grimes
No images / by Waring Cuney
Blurred beauty / by Nikki Grimes
The minor key / by Clara Ann Thompson
Common denominator / by Nikki Grimes
I leave the glory days / by Nikki Grimes.