Catch the Fire!!! A Cross-Generation Anthology of Contemporary African-American Poetry

"CATCH THE FIRE!!! leans heavily on poetry in the oral tradition--poetry whose effects work powerfully in performance. When performance requires music, movement, costume and occasion, as traditionally in blues, gospel, ballad, art song, aria, rap, whatever, the words alone on the page may not capture to poetry, which, to be life enhancing, must move us in reflection as well as in flow. CATCH THE FIRE!!!...nevertheless burns brightly. It will be hot long after less-imaginative collections go out of style."Gilbert, Derrick I. is the author of 'Catch the Fire!!! A Cross-Generation Anthology of Contemporary African-American Poetry', published 0007 under ISBN 9781573226547 and ISBN 1573226548.