The Poetry of Madhubuti (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Don Luther Lee
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Social action, 1960’s, Revolutionaries, Self, Authors or writers, Music or musicians, Poetry or poets, Muslims, Heroes or heroism, English language
Haki R. Madhubuti (who changed his name from Don L. Lee in 1973) is a militant African American poet, critic, publisher, editor, and spokesperson—the most vocal and best known of the Chicago school of Black Arts writers who emerged in the late 1960’s, and the one of them who has managed to remain in the spotlight as a literary figure.
The focus of Madhubuti’s literary career shifted in the mid-1970’s from writing small books of poetry to lecturing, literary criticism, editing, and publishing, but his advocacy of a separatist, didactic literature—by blacks, for blacks,...
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