Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
Nikki Grimes
Legacy introduces women poets of the Harlem Renaissance whose work has received less attention than that of many male contemporaries. Nikki Grimes selects poems by these writers and responds with original Golden Shovel poems. In this form, words from an earlier poem or a chosen line become the ending words of lines in a new poem; the connections are marked in bold. An introduction provides historical context, and the collection is organized into Heritage, Earth Mother, and Taking Notice.
This book appears on 4 reading lists across 2 editions from 4 organizations.
