Further Reading
CRITICISM
Amini, Johari. Review of Black Poetry. Negro Digest XIX, No. 1 (November, 1969): 87-89.
Praises Black Poetry for including new as well as already published poems.
Barbour, Floyd B., ed. The Black Seventies. Boston: Porter Sargent Publisher, 1970.
Collection of essays by leading black authors.
Blum, Howard. “In Detroit, A Poet's Work Is Never Done.” New York Times, (January 30, 1984): A8.
Randall discusses his appointment as Poet Laureate of Detroit.
Davis, Frank Marshall. Review of After the Killing. Black World 23, No. 11 (September, 1974): 85.
A very brief review of the collection of poems in After the Killing, which Davis calls both militant and memorable.
Fields, Julia. Review of Poem Counterpoem. Negro Digest 16, No. 11 (September, 1967): 51.
Brief review of Poem Counterpoem.
Gayle, Jr., Addison, ed. The Black Aesthetic. New York: Doubleday, 1971.
Collection of essays on black music, poetry, drama, and fiction.
Giovanni, Nikki. Review of Cities Burning. Negro Digest XVIII, No. 11 (September, 1969): 96.
Praises Cities Burning as a “total poem” in the long line of black poetry which echoes the sentiment “get off my back.”
King, Jr., Woodie, ed. The Forerunners: Black Poets in America. Washington, D. C.: Howard University Press, 1981.
Collection of poems by black writers, with an introduction by King.
Rivers, Conrad Kent. Review of For Malcolm. Negro Digest 16, No. 8 (June 1967): 68-70.
Describes For Malcolm as a positive expression of African-American identity.
Additional coverage of Randall's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 25-28R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 23, 82; Black Literature Criticism, Vol. 3; Black Writers,Vol. 1, 3; DISCovering Authors: Multicultural Authors; and Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 41.
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