Recognize: PoemsDriven by hip-hop music, popular culture, national and global events, and the specifics of his own life, Kevin Powell's voice is one of the boldest and brightest in the 1990's poetry renaissance. Passionate and witty, Powell's poetry is filled with fly girls and lost loves, grandmothers and absent fathers. His poetry conveys the hope, anger and fear of a generation. |
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Autobiographical Notes | 1 |
Mental Terrorism | 17 |
lovea many splintered thing | 32 |
Copyright | |
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