Don't Deny My Voice: Reading and Teaching African American Poetry

Don’t Deny My Voice: Reading and Teaching African American Poetry is a three-week summer institute

The institute responds to the resurgence of interest in contemporary poetry, its expanded production and wide circulation. We focus on the history, changes and modal transformations of African American poetry in our cultural and social landscape and consider three critical periods: 1900-1960, 1960-80 and 1980-present. The program includes a three-week summer institute and subsequent webinars using  ...