Umbra Poets Workshop
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Umbra Poets Workshop
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1978
active 1978
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2006
active 2006
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The Umbra Poets Workshop was a group of young African-American writers who met on New York City's Lower East Side from 1962 to 1965 to conduct readings and discuss writing and politics. Early members of the group included Thomas C. Dent, Calvin Hernton, Ishmael Reed, David Henderson, Joe Johnson, and Askia M. Toure (then Rolland Snellings.) They founded "Umbra," a literary magazine, in 1963. The group, known for the intensity of its readings of "street poetry," and influenced by black nationalist ideas and the African oral tradition, was among the forerunners of the Black Arts movement.
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American literature--African American authors
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century
American poetry--African American authors
African American authors--Interviews
African American poets--Interviews
Poets, American--20th century--Interviews
Poets, Black--20th century--Interviews
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