Heritage Series of Black Poetry, 1962–1975

Lauri Ramey is Professor of Creative Writing and English, and Director, Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at California State University, Los Angeles, USA.

• The Heritage Series: An Introduction; Essays; “The Time of the Whirlwind and the Fire:” Dudley Randall, the Heritage Series and the Broadside Press Connection; Whose Images? Waring Cuney and the Harlem Renaissance Idea of the Poet's Work; Bardic Memory and Witness in the Poetry of Samuel Allen; Russell Atkins: “Heretofore”; Clarence Major and Mark Twain Abroad; Spiritual Witness in the Poetry of Dolores Kendrick; Audre Lorde: The Voice of Multiple Consciousness; “Ray Durem: Take No Prisoners ”; Owen Vincent Dodson: Faith and Sorrow; Sorrow and Faith; Calvin C. Hernton: Portrait of a Poet; Memoirs and Reflections; The Heritage Series: A Memoir (excerpts); Paul Breman's Heritage Series of Black Poetry 1; Poetry and the Heritage Series 1; Reflections on the Heritage Series; Heritage and “Black” Poetry in the 1970s; Paul Breman and Black Poetry; Ebele Oseye as Poet; The Responsibility and Power of Art; 'Bout me, 'bout you, 'bout us (excerpts) 1; The Comic Vision of Robert Hayden: A Brief Remembrance; Memories of My Father: Ray Durem; W.E.B. Du Bois and Shirley Graham Du Bois in the Netherlands, 1958; Statements on Poetry and Poetics; Statement 1; Statement 1; Statement 1; Statement 1; Statement 1; Introduction: The Wright Poems by Conrad Kent Rivers 1; On Negritude 1; First Editorial as Editor of The New African (excerpt) 1; Poems

'A rich and revelatory portrait of one of the most extraordinary publishing ventures in the history of African diasporic literature. To read this research compendium is to revise the map of 1960s black poetry, to sense the submarine links among writers across the Atlantic and across generations. With its inclusion of Harlem Renaissance forerunners as well as mid-century modernists and Black Arts experimentalists, the Heritage Series' visionary company forces us to recalibrate our understanding of the politics of poetic innovation.' Brent Hayes Edwards, Columbia University, and author of The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism (2003) ’Anyone seeking to understand black poets and their work will want to consult this volume. Highly recommended.’ Choice ’... this volume is a means for accessing a stream of poetry that has been undervalued and might not otherwise have come into publication at all, and then might have been lost altogether. The first phase of the recovery of these innovative voices has been solidly made, and it remains for scholars, students, and readers to follow in the path of this vanguard compendium, searching out and exploring the full complement of the writings of these challenging and rewarding poets.’ Callaloo ’This anthology celebrates the Heritage Series of Black Poetry, which was founded and edited by Paul Breman and which published a total of 27 volumes of poetry between 1962 and 1975. Taken together, these publications comprise an impressive and important body of work.’ Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World