{"product_id":"gathering-ground-a-reader-celebrating-cave-canems-first-decade-9780472069248","title":"Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade","description":"Cave Canem has for the past ten years dedicated itself to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Founded in 1996 by prizewinning poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, Cave Canem began as a weeklong summer workshop\/retreat and has now expanded to include regional workshops, poetry readings, a series of public conversations between major poets and emerging younger poets, and an annual first-book prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo mark the first decade of this pathbreaking project, \u003ci\u003eGathering Ground \u003c\/i\u003epresents more than one hundred poems by Cave Canem participants and faculty. It embraces an impressive and eclectic gathering of forms, including sonnets, a bop (a new form created by a Cave Canem faculty member), blues, sestinas, prose poems, centos, free verse, and more. The roster of distinguished contributors includes Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marilyn Nelson, Sonya Sanchez, Al Young, and many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor newcomers and aficionados alike, \u003ci\u003e Gathering Ground\u003c\/i\u003e assembles in one place the most innovative voices in contemporary African American poetry and boldly attests to the important position it holds in verse-making today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToi Derricotte is author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Black Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e and of four books of poetry: \u003ci\u003eTender\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCaptivity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatural Birth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Empress of the Death House\u003c\/i\u003e. She is Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. Cornelius Eady is the author of \u003ci\u003eBrutal Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of a Jukebox\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e You Don't Miss Your Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gathering of My Name\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVictims of the Latest Dance Craze\u003c\/i\u003e. He is Associate Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toi Derricotte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.36w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472069248","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45486684471433,"sku":"9780472069248","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_5d1ac6a2-4d42-4d44-9906-68bfc08a0942.jpg?v=1775541283","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/gathering-ground-a-reader-celebrating-cave-canems-first-decade-9780472069248","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}