| I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans |
 enlarge | Author: Arnold Adoff
Creator: Benny Andrews
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 227679
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Revised
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0689808690
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.5080896073
EAN: 9780689808692
ASIN: 0689808690
Publication Date: January 1, 1997
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A collection of African-American poetry is specifically created for young readers and includes a foreword by Nikki Giovanni and contributions by such prominent writers as Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou.
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Customer Reviews:
the best book ever May 21, 2008
Can you imagine a book that can change your emotion with every poem that you read? Well, with I AM THE DARKER BROTHER that is what happens. First, you can be reading a poem that makes you happy then you are reading one that makes you sad. Or a poem that is calm and then an intense one. Also in this book there is a poet that writes a poem in a poem, I will tell you about that later. But if you like poetry this is a perfect book for you.
One of the poems that I really liked was "JACKET NOTES" by Ishmael Reed. I liked this one a lot because Ishmael made me really think about this poem. The thing that it made me really think about was what does the barrel symbolize. He talks about it falling over a water fall. Then at the end of the poem he says, "What really hurt is that you're bigger then the barrel." I thought that the barrel symbolizes a prison and the black man is bigger than it but can not get out if the barrel--the prison. I'll let you read it and try and figure it out for yourself.
Another poem that I liked was "A MOMENT PLEASE" by Samuel Allen. This poem confused me because I did not understand the poem. But even if it confused me for some reason I still like it. That was because there were two poems in one. One poem you had to read every third line. The poem that is italic talks about the earth. The second poem talks about a guy just walking and people asking him if he is Arabian or not.
Makes you proud to be a minority! April 7, 2000
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I loved this book, it made me proud to be an African American. It makes you realize that the things you see on TV and the news are covering up the talent and greatness of African Americans. There are poems by various poets, all of them are great!
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