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A landmark anthology envisioned by Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate of the United StatesAmerican Journal presents fifty contemporary poems that explore and celebrate our country and our lives. Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith has gathered a remarkable chorus of voices that ring up and down the registers of American poetry. In the elegant arrangement of this anthology, we hear stories from rural communities and urban centers, laments of loss in war and in grief, experiences of immigrants, outcries at injustices, and poems that honor elders, evoke history, and praise our efforts to see and understand one another. Taking its title from a poem by Robert Hayden, the first African American appointed as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, American Journal investigates our time with curiosity, wonder, and compassion. Among the fifty poets included are: Jericho Brown, Eduardo C....Ease : 87.24946046215817Formats : EPUBGfog : 9.962349Grade : 5grp : 33Pages : 96Words : 16453Work Area : Posted

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Author

selected and with an introduction by Tracy K. Smith

Publisher

Graywolf Press, in association with the Library of Congress

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781555978150

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, American Poetry

Rating

4.4 / 5 (99 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14