Minor Notes Vol. 1 features the work of three poets. Published in 1837, Poems by a Slave is one of the lesser-known works by George Moses Horton (1798-1883), once popularly known as the 'black bard of North Carolina.' Visions of the Dusk (1915) is an American prose poem known for its formal innovation by Fenton Johnson, a poet, essayist, editor and educator from Chicago. Georgia Douglas Johnson was the most widely read black woman poet in the US during the first three decades of the 20th century. Bronze: A Book of Verse (1922) was introduced with a foreword by W. E. B. Du Bois.
| ISBN: | 9780143137269 |
| Publication date: | 3rd August 2023 |
| Author: | Tracy K Smith, Joshua Bennett, Jesse McCarthy, Dr Joshua Bennett, Tracy K Smith |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics. |
| Genres: |
Poetry anthologies (various poets) Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: poetry and poets |