Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Subtitle: Looking at the Harlem Renaissance Through Poems
By: [edited by] Nikki Giovanni.
Contributors: Giovanni, Nikki.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: April 15, 1996
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Young adult poetry, American -- African American authors; American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; American poetry -- 20th century; African Americans in literature; African Americans -- Poetry; Harlem Renaissance; American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism; American poetry -- African American authors -- Collections; African Americans -- Poetry; Harlem Renaissance
Genres: Poetry.; Collections.
Description: Includes poems by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Amiri Baraka, with commentary and a discussion of the development of African American arts known as the Harlem Renaissance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.