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The New Black
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Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2012)
Smart, grounded, and lyrical, Evie Shockley’s the new black integrates powerful ideas about “blackness,” past and present, through the medium of beautifully crafted verse. the new black sees our racial past inevitably shaping our contemporary moment, but struggles to remember and reckon with the impact of generational shifts: what seemed impossible to people not many years ago—for example, the election of an African American presid…
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PoetryAwardsPrint BooksNonfictionAmerican PoetryOther American Poetry21st Century American PoetryAfrican American PoetryAmerican poetry->Women authorsAmerican poetry->African American authors->21st centuryAmerican poetry->African American women authorsAmerican poetry->21st centuryLibrary Journal's Best Poetry of 2011Best Books of the Year 2011Best Books of the YearLibrary Journal's Best Books of 2011