The Goddess of Gumbo by KendraHamilton Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2016 by Word Poetry ISBN-13: 978-1-933456-34-8, ISBN: 1-933456-34-5
"The Goddess of Gumbo, Kendra Hamilton’s first collection of poems, is a spicy stew indeed. Blending elegant music, a sharp eye for the grace and fragility of human experience, and deep-set roots in the South, these poems announce Hamilton as an exceptionally talented, capable, and accomplished artist. You will not read a stronger or more distinctive debut collection of poems in a long, long time."
"Black Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated.Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry―anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition o ..."
"The South: to render all that it means to an African American takes someone with acutely tuned senses, someone with a patience, a passion even, for the region's history and contradictions. It takes a poet. In this new anthology, the first of its kind, more than one hundred contemporary black poets laugh at and cry about, pray for and curse, flee and return to--the South.Voices new to the scene appear in "The Ringing Ear" alongside some ..."
"The South: to render all that it means to an African American takes someone with acutely tuned senses, someone with a patience, a passion even, for the region's history and contradictions. It takes a poet. In this new anthology, the first of its kind, more than one hundred contemporary black poets laugh at and cry about, pray for and curse, flee and return to--the South.Voices new to the scene appear in The Ringing Ear alongside some of ..."
Essence of a People II (African Americans Who Made Their World Anew in Loudoun County, VA, and Beyond) by Kendra Y. Hamilton Paperback, 86 Pages, Published 2002 by Thomas Balch Library ISBN-13: 978-0-9724754-6-4, ISBN: 0-9724754-6-X
"This book presents the natural world seen through the eyes of black poets. ""Black Nature"" is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest po ..."
"This literary research project examines 20th century texts and artifacts ranging from Harlem and Charleston Renaissance writers and painters to the historic plantation home site to ask that we consider this region---centered in the coastal plain and Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia, but extending also into parts of North Carolina and Florida---as a "third space" of multiple, sometimes-conflicting identities that resist easy ass ..."