The Heritage Series of Black Poetry, 1962–1975

A Research Compendium

Lauri Ramey

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781317029168
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism for Comparative Literature
• Index: Literature

In 1962, the Heritage Series of Black Poetry, founded and edited by Paul Breman, published Robert Hayden's A Ballad of Remembrance. By 1975, the Series had published 27 volumes by some of the twentieth-century's most important and influential poets. As elaborated in Lauri Ramey's extensive scholarly introduction, this innovative volume has dual purposes: To provide primary sources that recover the history and legacy of this groundbreaking publishing venture, and to serve as a research companion for scholars working on the Series and on twentieth-century black poetry. Never-before-published primary materials include Paul Breman's memoir, retrospectives by several of the poets published in the Series, a photo-documentary of W.E.B. Du Bois's 1958 visit to The Netherlands, poems by poets represented in the Series, and scholarly essays. Also included are bibliographies of the Heritage poets and of the Heritage Press Archives at the Chicago Public Library. This reference work is an essential resource for scholars working in the fields of black poetry, transatlantic studies, and twentieth-century book history.

Index

All index entries shown here correspond to the page numbers within the printed edition only. Within this digital format these page numbers allow for cross referencing only.

Abrahams, Peter 127

Addison, Lloyd 5, 6, 7, 14

bibliography of works 295

in Breman’s memoir 140, 168

poems

“On Negritude” 14, 221–2

“This Because: A Countless Accounting” 227–8

“Umbra” 5, 118

works

The Aura & the Umbra 5, 9, 118, 140

Africa/Africans 2, 7, 10, 11, 28, 36, 39–42, 44, 82, 101–2, 103, 149, 179–80, 213, 221–2, 223

African-Americans 1–12 passim, 15–16, 21, 35–45 passim, 50, 59–68 passim, 72, 77, 85–97 passim, 105–11 passim, 114, 117–22 passim, 157, 170, 171, 173–4, 179–80

women 85–97 passim, 99–104 passim, 121–2

African diaspora, see Black diaspora

Afrika Singt 39, 43

Alexander Crummell Center 33

Allen, Samuel (Paul Vesey) 6, 7, 13, 14, 22

bibliography of works 295

on Breman and Heritage 177

in Breman’s memoir 128, 159–60, 168

poems

“A Moment Please” 52n4

“Africa To Me” 56

“Dylan, Who Is Dead” 54–5

“If the Stars Should Fall” 55–6

“The Lingering Doubt” 230

“There Are No Tears” 229

“To Satch” 48–9

witness in the poetry of 47–56

works

Elfenbeinzähne-ivory tusks 159

Ivory Tusks and other poems 159

Paul Vesey’s Ledger 47–54, 159–60

see also Vesey, Paul

Alta California

Twain’s letters to 72, 73

American Black Arts Movement 2

American Negro Poets 160

Amini, Johari 8, 12, 139 see also Latimore, Jewel C.

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Titles Published in the Heritage Series
• Permissions and Acknowledgments
• The Heritage Series: An Introduction
• Essays
• Memoirs and Reflections
• Statements on Poetry and Poetics
• Poems
• Bibliography of Heritage Series Poets
• The Heritage Press Archives
• Index