{"id":9596,"date":"2023-04-19T15:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=9596"},"modified":"2023-07-14T01:56:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T01:56:37","slug":"minor-notes-recognizing-the-unsung-black-poets-of-the-19th-and-20th-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/minor-notes-recognizing-the-unsung-black-poets-of-the-19th-and-20th-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Minor Notes\u2019: Recognizing The Unsung Black Poets Of The 19th And 20th Centuries<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Released during National Poetry Month, Minor Notes, Volume 1 <\/em>is an anthology series shedding light on the neglected literary scene featuring overlooked Black poets from the 19th and 20th centuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professors Joshua Bennett and Jesse McCarthy were astonished by how many brilliant Black poets were understudied or completely ignored, even by scholars of Black poetry. Thus, Minor Notes<\/em> became a project between Bennett and McCarthy that focused on recovering and curating archival works from these gifted poets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Penguin Classic, which features a foreword from former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, intends to bridge the interest of scholars with the expanding general audience who reads, writes, and shares poetry from the era. Minor Notes<\/em> illustrates that the work of contemporary Black poets is best grasped through the perspective of an enduring tradition of the poet \u201cas witness, as prophetic voice, as communal bard, and as scholar of the everyday and the miraculous.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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