I’ve seen lots of discussions on these lines about fiction, but who are some of the best poets of color writing today in English?
(Note: I was going to say that you can skip mentioning some of the excellent poets who are already on my LJ friendslist, but on second thought I won’t – it might be helpful for other people to have a list that doesn’t omit them.)
One thing that sparked this is the realization that I could especially use some examples of people who write in nonstandard English (where by “standard” I am mostly talking about American Newscaster Midwest, and English RP). When I’m critiquing or reading slush, I think I can *see* the difference between something that is full of mistakes, vs. someone writing in an authentic voice that just doesn’t spell or punctuate the way I’m used to (consistency is one marker). But it can be hard to explain the difference to someone else and I’d like to have some examples, and I’d like something a bit more contemporary than the likes of Gwendolyn Brooks or Rabbie Burns, much as I like them (not implying that Burns was a PoC! Then again, I guess it depended how you viewed Scots at the time).
But mostly I just want recommendations for myself, to read.
Hello
I’d like to contract my horizons by omitting mail from DICHROIC in future. You are so lacking in empathy for anything outside your narrow beam of focus, especially people who do not beam these rays of self-admiration directly back at you;to the point of vexation. Not bothering to respond to emails sent is just downright ill-mannered.
As you Americans say “include me out”
No more ……….please
Keith
I’d like to say its been nice but it hasn’t.