{"product_id":"minor-notes-volume-1-9780143137269","title":"Minor Notes, Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new Penguin Classics series that recovers and rediscovers the work of African American poets from the 19th and 20th centuries, curated by Joshua Bennett and Jesse McCarthy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As scholars of African American literature and cultural history, Bennett and McCarthy repeatedly find themselves struck by the number of exciting poets they come across in long-out-of-print collections and forgotten journals, whose work has been neglected and, in some cases, entirely ignored, even by those academic circles devoted to the study of Black poetry. \u003ci\u003eMinor Notes \u003c\/i\u003eis an excavation initiative that addresses this problem by recovering archival materials from these understudied, though supremely gifted, African American poets of the 19th and 20th\u003cbr\u003ecenturies. By pairing neglected collections of poetry with prefatory commentary provided by contemporary poets, \u003ci\u003eMinor Notes\u003c\/i\u003e bridges scholarly interest with the growing audience outside the university that reads, writes, and circulates Black poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Minor Notes Vol. 1\u003c\/i\u003e features the work of three poets. Published in 1837, \u003ci\u003ePoems by a Slave \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the lesser-known works by George Moses Horton\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(1798-1883), once popularly known as the \"black bard of North Carolina.\" \u003ci\u003eVisions of the Dusk (1915) \u003c\/i\u003eis an American prose poem known for its formal innovation by Fenton Johnson, a poet, essayist, editor, and educator from Chicago. Georgia Douglas Johnson was the most widely read\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eblack woman poet in the US during the first three decades of the 20th century.\u003ci\u003e Bronze: A Book of Verse (1922) \u003c\/i\u003ewas introduced with a foreword by W.E.B. Du Bois. Bennett and McCarthy will provide an introduction and Suggestions for Further Reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143137269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.06w x 0.69d","brand":"Joshua Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737711546549,"sku":"9780143137269","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ebfd19a5-b60f-442c-b5b1-70230d0ab23e.jpg?v=1676384916","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/minor-notes-volume-1-9780143137269","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}