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"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 "The Golde... Full description
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.