Author:
Grimes, Nikki, author.
ImprintNew York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2021.
Imprint2021
Description134 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Note:Follow-up to the book: One Last Word / by Nikki Grimes.
Note:Preface -- The Harlem Renaissance -- Poetry form -- Part I. Heritage -- Whatever / by Nikki Grimes -- Heritage / by Mae V. Cowdery -- Before / by Nikki Grimes -- I am not proud / by Helene Johnson -- Having my say / by Nikki Grimes -- I sit and sew / by Alice Dunbar-Nelson -- Room for dreams / by Nikki Grimes -- Joy / by Clarissa Scott Delany -- Leah's reunion / by Nikki Grimes -- Dusk / by Angelina Weld Grimké -- Vanish / by Nikki Grimes -- Jehovah's gesture / by Gertrude Parthenia McBrown -- Judgment / by Nikki Grimes -- Part II. Earth Mother -- Earth, I thank you / by Anne Spencer -- Sweet sister / by Nikki Grimes -- Rondeau / by Jessie Redmon Fauset -- Tara takes on Montclair / by Nikki Grimes -- 1975 / by Anne Spencer -- Kneel / by Nikki Grimes -- Of Earth / by Mae V. Cowdery -- Seeing / by Nikki Grimes -- At the spring dawn / by Angela Weld Grimké -- Faithful / by Nikki Grimes -- Autumn evening / by Ida Rowland -- Strength training / by Nikki Grimes -- Part III. Taking Notice -- Unseen / by Gertrude Parthenia McBrown -- Taking notice / by Nikki Grimes -- Flag salute / by Esther Popel -- A mother's lament / by Nikki Grimes -- The bronze legacy (to a brown boy) / by Effie Lee Newsome -- Like an eagle / by Nikki Grimes -- Your world / by Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Mother to daughter / by Nikki Grimes -- Four walls / by Blanche Taylor Dickinson -- What girls can do / by Nikki Grimes -- Prelude / by Lucy Ariel Williams -- Slow burn / by Nikki Grimes -- Advice / by Gwendolyn Bennett -- Brown poems / by Nikki Grimes -- Journey's end / by Nikki Grimes.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129) and index.
Target AudienceAges 10-14. Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Target AudienceGrades 4-6. Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Note:From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance- paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. Taking inspiration from the unsung women poets of the era, Grimes uses the "Golden Shovel" poetry method to create original poems drawn from the words of ... groundbreaking women writers. Set alongside the original works, Grimes's all-new poetry pays tribute to the unique heritage of these women and their spiritual connection to nature, illuminating female self-expression in the early twentieth century, reinvented with contemporary relevance and context. Featuring artwork by some of today's most exciting Black women: Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Nina Crews, Pat Cummings, Laura Freeman, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Ebony Glenn, Xia Gordon, April Harrison, Vashti Harrison, Ekua Holmes, Cathy Ann Johnson, Keisha Morris, Daria Peoples-Riley, Andrea Pippins, Erin Robinson, Shadra Strickland, Nicole Tadgell, Elizabeth Zunon.
