Contemporary African American Poetry Styles
Your essay will be graded on clarity and importance of thesis, correct grammar, and logical organization. Use direct quotes with page numbers from the reading to illustrate your ideas.
Please answer this question
What distinguishes the contemporary African American poetry of Natasha Trethewey, Kevin Young, and Tracy K. Smith?
The poems you are to use are “Watcher” by Natasha Trethewey, “Exodus” by Kevin Young, and “My God, It's Full of Stars” by Tracy K. Smith i will provide the readings via attachment.
Do not use any other material. The ONE source you will use is “The Norton Anthology of African American Literature third edition volume 2” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Valerie A. Smith. The poems that i will provide will come from this book.
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