Annotated Bibliography
Works Cited
Academy of American Poets. 25 July, 2005. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5918
This website contains information from the Academy of American Poets about ecphrastic poetry.
Jackson, Andrew. 11 June, 2005. http://www.redhotjazz.com/hughes.html
This website provides biographical information about the poet Langston Hughes.
Linaberger, Mara. "Poetry Top 10: A Foolproof Formula for Teaching Poetry Examples of Student Work and a Top 10 List Included in This Article Make It Easy to each Poetry." The Reading Teacher 58.4 (2004): 366+. Questia. 28 June 2005 http://www.questia.com/>.
This book provides teachers with information on how to teach poetry to young students.
Perry, Bliss. A Study of Poetry. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920.
This book provides teachers with information on how to teach poetry to young students.
Perry, Theresa and Lisa Delpit, eds. The Real Ebonics Debate Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children. Boston: Beacon Press, 1998.
This book provides a critical look at the use of Ebonics in an educational setting.
Wormser, Baron, and David Cappella. Teaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000.This book provides information on teaching poetry.
Teacher Resources
Adoff, Arnold, ed. Black Out Loud: An Anthology of Modern Poems by Black Americans. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1970.
A collection of poems written by African Americans.
Brooks, Gwendolyn. Selected Poems. Ed. 1st Perennial classic ed. New York:
Harper & Row, 1999.
A collection of poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, a Harlem Renaissance poet.
Bryan, Ashley. ABC of African American Poetry. New York: Simon and Schuster
Children's Publishing Division, 1997.
A collection of twenty-five poems and one spiritual written by African American poets.
Campbell, Mary Schmidt. Harlem Renaissance Art of Black America. New York:
Abradale Press, 1987.
Biographical information about artists of the Harlem Renaissance with pictures, prints, paintings, and sculptures from the period.
DuBois, W.[illiam] E.[dward] B.[urghardt]. 1st ed. The Autobiography of W.E.B.
DuBois. International Publishers Co., Inc. 1968.
The autobiography of one of the most prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance, W. E. B. DuBois.
Gates, Henry Louis Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay, eds. The Norton Anthology of African
American Literature. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997.
A collection of African American literature.
Hill, Laban Carrick. Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2003.
Historical information about the Harlem Renaissance.
Honey, Maureen, ed. Shadowed Dreams: Women's Poetry of the Harlem
Renaissance. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1989.
An anthology of Black women poets who wrote during the Harlem Renaissance.
Huggins, Nathan Irvin, ed. Voices from the Harlem Renaissance. New York:
Oxford University Press. 1995.
Writings and art from the period of the Harlem Renaissance.
Hughes, Langston. The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. New York: Knopf, 1932.
A collection of poems by Langston Hughes.
Hughes, Langston. First Book of Rhythms. New York: Franklin Watts, 1956.
A collection of poems by Langston Hughes.
Johnson, James Weldon. Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Ed. Dover
Thrift. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1995.
A story written during the Harlem Renaissance about a black man passing for white.
Johnson, James Weldon. "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing." New York: Scholastic Inc.
The Negro national anthem.
Langston Hughes Reads. BBC 1962 & 1964. Audiocassette. Harper Collins
Publishers, 1980.
A cassette recording of Langston Hughes reading his poetry.
Myers, Walter Dean. Harlem. New York: Scholastic Press, 1997.
A poem about Harlem.
Perry, Aaren Yeatts. Poetry Across the Curriculum: An Action Guide for Elementary
Teachers. Needham Heights: Allyn & Bacon, 1997.
A book of poetry writing lesson plans.
Raffel, Burton. How to Read a Poem. New York: Meridian, 1984.
A guide to understanding a poem.
Rochelle, Belinda. Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and
Art. Amistad: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001.
Twenty African-American poems paired with twenty works of art by African-American artists.
Shange, Ntozake. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the
Rainbow is Enuf. New York: Scribner Poetry, 1975.
Explores the realities of being a black woman.
Smith, Katharine Capshaw. Children's Literature of the Harlem Renaissance.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004.
A survey of how black children's literature evolved during the Harlem Renaissance.
Stuckey, Sterling. Going Through the Storm: The Influence of African American Art
in History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
A look at the artists who contributed to the evolution of African American art.
Ward, Jerry, ed. Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry. New
York: Mentor, 1997.
A collection of African American poems written from 1746 – 1990's.
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