{"id":39341,"date":"2021-05-14T21:20:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T01:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=39341"},"modified":"2021-05-14T21:20:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T01:20:44","slug":"review-of-legacy-by-nikki-grimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=39341","title":{"rendered":"Review of Legacy, by Nikki Grimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Legacy<\/p>\n

Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance<\/em><\/p>\n

by Nikki Grimes<\/p>\n

Bloomsbury Children\u2019s Books, 2021. 134 pages.
\nReview written April 19, 2021, from a library book<\/p>\n

Quick, name a female poet from the Harlem Renaissance! I couldn\u2019t do it before I read this book.<\/p>\n

Here Nikki Grimes features poems from fifteen women poets of the Harlem Renaissance. After each poem she selects, she writes her own Golden Shovel poem \u2013 taking a significant line from the original poem and using those words at the ends of the lines in her tribute poem.<\/p>\n

She says in the introduction:<\/p>\n

In these pages, you will meet some of the gifted female poets \u2013 and remarkable women \u2013 of the Harlem Renaissance who created alongside and often nurtured the male poets we know. They didn\u2019t all produce poetry collections of their own, but each played an integral part in this historic era in America.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then, alongside the challenging, inspirational, and beautiful poetry is placed art from nineteen black women artists. In the back, there are biographies of all the poets and all the artists.<\/p>\n

The poems themselves are inspirational. As an example, the poem \u201cFour Walls,\u201d by Blanche Taylor Dickinson, about overcoming obstacles, is paired with Nikki Grimes golden shovel poem \u201cWhat Girls Can Do,\u201d also about breaking out of boxes.<\/p>\n

This is especially an anthology to hand to black girls to let them know there are no limits, but anyone can appreciate this message and the beauty of the words and images. And find out about some too-long-overlooked poets.<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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