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Workshop in African American Poetry AFAM 375 Spring 2015 not offered Crosslisting: ENGL 244 This course will engage with the socially-oriented poetics of contemporary African American poets and will apply those poetics to poetry written by students in the workshop. Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA AFAM Course Format: Seminar Grading Mode: Graded Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None Fulfills a Requirement for: None Major Readings: Twitchell & Behn, THE PRACTICE OF POETRY Elizabeth Alexander, THE VENUS HOTTENTOT Tara Betts, ARC & HUE Lucille Clifton, AN ORDINARY WOMAN Camille T. Dungy, SUCK ON THE MARROW Nikky Finney, HEAD OFF AND SPLIT Aracelis Girmay, TEETH Ruth Ellen Kocher, ONE GIRL BABYLON Harryette Mullen, RECYCLOPEDIA Patricia Smith, BLOOD DAZZLER Natasha Trethewey, NATIVE GUARD Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, OPEN INTERVAL Treasure Williams, TROUBLED TONGUES Examinations and Assignments: Weekly Poetry submissions; oral and written critiques; three brief essays; final portfolio of 12-15 revised poems and personal essay.

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