{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-calvin-c-hernton-9780819500359","title":"Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Calvin C. Hernton | David Grundy | Lauri Scheyer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive guide to a major African American poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume promises to be the definitive guide to Calvin C. Hernton's unparalleled poetic career, re-introducing readers to a major voice in American poetry. Hernton was a cofounder of the Umbra Poets Workshop; a participant in the Black Arts Movement, R. D. Laing's Kingsley Hall, and the Antiuniversity of London; and a teacher at Oberlin College who counted amongst his friends bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Odetta. As a pioneer in the field of Black Studies, Hernton developed a theoretical and practical pedagogy with lasting impact on generations of students. He may be best known as an anti-sexist sociologist, following in the footsteps of W.E.B. Du Bois, but Hernton viewed himself, above all, as a poet. This volume includes a generous selection of Hernton's previously published poems, from classics like the often anthologized \"The Distant Drum\" to the visionary epic \u003ci\u003eThe Coming of Chronos to \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e House of Nightsong, \u003c\/i\u003e reprinted in full for the first time since 1964, alongside uncollected and unpublished material from the Calvin C. Hernton papers at Ohio University, a new critical introduction, and detailed notes, chronology, and bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[sample poem]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Distant Drum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am not a metaphor or symbol.\u003cbr\u003eThis you hear is not the wind in the trees.\u003cbr\u003eNor a cat being maimed in the street.\u003cbr\u003eI am being maimed in the street\u003cbr\u003eIt is I who weep, laugh, feel pain or joy.\u003cbr\u003eSpeak this because I exist.\u003cbr\u003eThis is my voice\u003cbr\u003eThese words are my words, my mouth\u003cbr\u003eSpeaks them, my hand writes.\u003cbr\u003eI am a poet.\u003cbr\u003eIt is my fist you hear beating\u003cbr\u003eAgainst your ear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47595691049111,"sku":"9780819500359","price":9928.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780819500359.webp?v=1774990738","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-calvin-c-hernton-9780819500359","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}