Books
HEROISM NEW front cover
Heroism in the New Black Poetry: Introductions and Interviews
(Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1990 hardcover; 1991 paper)
Melhem’s clear introductions and frank interviews provide insight into the contemporary social and political consciousness of six acclaimed poets: Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jayne Cortez, Haki R. Madhubuti, Dudley Randall, and Sonia Sanchez.
HEROISM NEW paper back cover
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Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice
(Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1987)
The first and until now the only comprehensive study of Gwendolyn Brooks.
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Reaching Exercises: The IWWG Workshop Book
(Dovetail Press, 1981)
Author’s Note
This book was developed in response to the needs of and interactions with my first poetry workshop, “The Paradise,” in the basement fabric workshop of the late German writer Margarete Bernhardt.
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