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Black Southern Voices: An Anthology (Meridian)
by (Editor: John Oliver Killens) (Editor: Jerry W. Ward)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Plume (1992-12-01)
ISBN: 0452010969
EAN: 9780452010963
Dewy Decimal #: 810.80896073075
Paperback: 624 pages
SKU: H4899
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This sweeping anthology celebrates the richly textured black voices of the South, their cadences steeped in the sonorous heritage of the oral tradition. Represented here are such novelists as Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, poets Nikki Giovanni and James Weldon Johnson, playwrights Tom Dent and Kalamu Ya Salaam, and nonfiction authors Martin Luther King, Jr., and Maya Angelou.
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Customer Reviews
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BSV contributor reflects on a letter from Dr.Killens
Rating  (5)
Date: 1998-01-21
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was 18 years old and the recipient of the UNCF/ Reader's Digest 1st Place award for poetry in March of1968. Among those sending letters of congratulations was Dr.Killens. He suggested I forego offers to publish immediately and develop my craft and poetic signature. He suggested I work to become a "long distance runner." Continued interest in the Black Southern Voices anthology, including request to read my poem "Son Child" from the collection on a recent tour for another book reminded me of the value of Dr.Killen's foresight, and Dr. Jerry Ward's insight. Read at least a portion this book aloud during Black History Month 1998. John Milton Wesley
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