The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South
"The Ringing Earreminds us that sometimes regionalism does not mean provincialism or myopia, but instead offers an opportunity for people to find their true songs and sing them with the assurance and power of knowing. There is something strikingly expansive about the range and complexity of the poems collected in this anthology. This is a distinctly southern book, a distinctly black book, a distinctly American book—it is all these things and more."--Kwame Dawes, author ofWisteria: Twilight Poems from the Swamp Country