{"id":197,"date":"2022-10-17T21:11:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T21:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/poetrytracker\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2022-10-18T22:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T22:00:02","slug":"notebook-on-poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/poetrytracker\/notebook-on-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Notebook on Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"filtercontainer\">\n  <button class=\"btn active\" onclick=\"filterSelection('all')\"> Show all<\/button>\n  <button class=\"btn\" onclick=\"filterSelection('poetinfo')\">Poet information<\/button>\n  <button class=\"btn\" onclick=\"filterSelection('anthinfo')\">Poetry anthology information<\/button>\n  <button class=\"btn\" onclick=\"filterSelection('poeminfo')\">Poem information<\/button>\n  <button class=\"btn\" onclick=\"filterSelection('widely')\">Widely anthologized<\/button>\n  <button class=\"btn\" onclick=\"filterSelection('circ')\">Circulation<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<br>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n  <div class=\"filterDiv widely\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal1\">The Negro Speaks of Rivers<\/button><\/div>\n  <div id=\"Modal1\" class=\"modal\">\n    <div class=\"modal-content\">\n      <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n        <h2>Langston Hughes, &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221;<\/h2>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <p>First published in 1921, &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; by Langston Hughes is one of the more widely anthologized African American poems.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv widely\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal2\">For My People<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal2\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Margaret Walker, &#8220;For My People&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>First published in 1937, &#8220;For My People&#8221; by Margaret Walker is one of the more widely anthologized African American poems.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"filterDiv widely\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal3\">We Real Cool<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal3\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Gwendolyn Brooks, &#8220;We Real Cool&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>First published in 1959, &#8220;We Real Cool&#8221; by Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the more widely anthologized African American poems.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"filterDiv widely\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal4\">We Wear the Mask<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal4\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Paul Laurence Dunbar, &#8220;We Wear the Mask&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>First published in 1895 in his volume Majors and Minors, &#8220;We Wear the Mask&#8221; by Paul Laurence Dunbar is one of the more widely anthologized African American poems.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv widely\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal5\">If We Must Die<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal5\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Claude McKay, &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>First published in 1919, &#8220;If We Must Die&#8221; by Claude McKay is one of the more widely anthologized African American poems.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv widely\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal6\">Nikki-Rosa<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal6\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Nikki Giovanni, &#8220;Nikki-Rosa&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>First published in 1968, &#8220;Nikki-Rosa&#8221; by Nikki Giovanni is one of the more widely anthologized African American poems<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv widely\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal7\">Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal7\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Amiri Baraka, &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>First published in 1961, &#8220;Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note&#8221; by Amiri Baraka is one of the more widely anthologized African American poems.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv anthinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal8\">The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922)<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal8\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922)<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922) edited by James Weldon Johnson contains 116 poems by 31 poets.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv anthinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal9\">The Book of American Negro Poetry (1931) revised edition<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal9\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>The Book of American Negro Poetry (1931) revised edition<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>The revised edition of The Book of American Negro Poetry (1931) edited by James Weldon Johnson contains 184 poems by 40 poets.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv anthinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal10\">Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African-American Poetry (1997)<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal10\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African-American Poetry (1997)<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African-American Poetry (1997) edited by Jerry W. Ward, Jr. contains 388 poems by 104 poets.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv anthinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal11\">The Vintage Book of African American Poetry (2000)<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal11\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>The Vintage Book of African American Poetry (2000)<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>The Vintage Book of African American Poetry: 200 Years of Vision, Struggle, Power, Beauty, and Triumph from 50 Outstanding Poets edited by Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton contains 349 poems by 50 poets.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv anthinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal12\">Understanding the New Black Poetry (1973)<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal12\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Understanding the New Black Poetry (1973)<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Understanding the New Black Poetry (1973) edited by Stephen Henderson contains 200 poems by 72 poets.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv poeminfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal13\">The Mississippi River<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal13\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>The Mississippi River<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Langston Hughes conceived of his poem &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; as he crossed the Mississippi River aboard a train in June 1920. The poem was published in The Crisis magazine in 1921.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv poeminfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal14\">The Crisis<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal14\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>The Crisis<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Langston Hughes&#8217;s widely anthologized poem &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; was first published in The Crisis magazine. <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv poeminfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal15\">Red summer<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal15\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Red summer<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Claude McKay&#8217;s &#8220;If We Must Die&#8221; was written in response to what is known as &#8220;Red Summer,&#8221; the violent attacks against black people that took place in 1919.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv poeminfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal16\">Initial publication of &#8220;We Real Cool&#8221;<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal16\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Initial publication of &#8220;We Real Cool&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Gwendolyn Brooks&#8217;s widely anthologized poem &#8220;We Real Cool&#8221; was first published in Poetry magazine in 1959. <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv poeminfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal17\">Initial publication of &#8220;For My People&#8221;<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal17\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Initial publication of &#8220;For My People&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Margaret Walker&#8217;s widely anthologized poem &#8220;For My People&#8221; was first published in Poetry magazine in 1937.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv poeminfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal18\">Initial publication of &#8220;If We Must Die&#8221;<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal18\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Initial publication of &#8220;If We Must Die&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Claude McKay&#8217;s widely anthologized poem &#8220;If We Must Die&#8221; was first published in The Liberator magazine in 1919.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv poeminfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal19\">Initial publication of &#8220;Nikki-Rosa&#8221;<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal19\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>Initial publication of &#8220;Nikki-Rosa&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Nikki Giovanni&#8217;s widely anthologized poem &#8220;Nikki-Rosa&#8221; was first published in her volume Black Feeling, Black Talk\/Black Judgement in 1968.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv circ\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal20\">&#8220;For My People&#8221; and the 1960s\/70s<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal20\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>&#8220;For My People&#8221; and the 1960s\/70s<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Between 1967 and 1974, Margaret Walker&#8217;s &#8220;For My People&#8221; appeared in more than 20 anthologies.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filterDiv circ\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal21\">&#8220;For My People&#8221; on vinyl<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal21\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>&#8220;For My People&#8221; on vinyl<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>A recording of Margaret Walker reading her widely anthologized poem &#8220;For My People&#8221; appears on the album Anthology of Negro Poetry (1954) produced by the Smithsonian&#8217;s Folkways Records.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"filterDiv circ\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal22\">The circulation of &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221;<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"Modal22\" class=\"modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n      <h2>The circulation of &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221;<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"modal-body\">\n      <p>Since its initial publication in 1921, Langston Hughes&#8217;s poem &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; has appeared in more than 80 anthologies.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"filterDiv circ\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal23\">&#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; on vinyl<\/button><\/div>\n  <div id=\"Modal23\" class=\"modal\">\n    <div class=\"modal-content\">\n      <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n        <h2>&#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; on vinyl<\/h2>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <p>A recording of Langston Hughes reading his widely anthologized poem &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; appears on the album Anthology of Negro Poetry (1954) produced by the Smithsonian&#8217;s Folkways Records. The poem is listed as &#8220;I Have Known Rivers&#8221; on the album.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv circ\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal24\">&#8220;If We Must Die&#8221; on vinyl<\/button><\/div>\n    <div id=\"Modal24\" class=\"modal\">\n      <div class=\"modal-content\">\n        <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n          <h2>&#8220;If We Must Die&#8221; on vinyl<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"modal-body\">\n          <p>A recording of Claude McKay reading his widely anthologized poem &#8220;If We Must Die&#8221; appears on the album Anthology of Negro Poetry (1954) produced by the Smithsonian&#8217;s Folkways Records.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv circ\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal25\">&#8220;Mother to Son&#8221; and African American anthologies<\/button><\/div>\n      <div id=\"Modal25\" class=\"modal\">\n        <div class=\"modal-content\">\n          <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n            <h2>&#8220;Mother to Son&#8221; and African American anthologies<\/h2>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"modal-body\">\n            <p>Anthologies comprised primarily of black writers have been far more likely to reprint Langston Hughes&#8217;s poem &#8220;Mother to Son&#8221; than anthologies primarily consisting of literature by white writers. <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv circ\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal26\">&#8220;Mother and Son&#8221; and Sidney Poitier<\/button><\/div>\n        <div id=\"Modal26\" class=\"modal\">\n          <div class=\"modal-content\">\n            <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n              <h2>&#8220;Mother to Son&#8221; and Sidney Poitier<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"modal-body\">\n              <p>Sidney Poitier performs Langston Hughes&#8217;s &#8220;Mother to Son&#8221; on the album Poetry of the Negro (1955)<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv circ\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal27\">&#8220;We Wear the Mask&#8221; and Sidney Poitier<\/button><\/div>\n          <div id=\"Modal27\" class=\"modal\">\n            <div class=\"modal-content\">\n              <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                <h2>&#8220;We Wear the Mask&#8221; and Sidney Poitier<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                <p>Sidney Poiteir performs Paul Laurence Dunbar&#8217;s &#8220;We Wear the Mask&#8221; on the album Poetry of the Negro (1955)<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv circ\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal28\">&#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; and the 1990s<\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal28\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>&#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; and the 1990s<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>Langston Hughes&#8217;s widely anthologized poem &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; appeared in more than 20 anthologies published during the 1990s.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv poetinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal29\">Langston Hughes at 20<\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal29\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>Langston Hughes at 20<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>Langston Hughes was 20 years old when he was widely anthologized poem &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; was first published in June 1921.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv poetinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal30\">Gwendolyn Brooks at 42<\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal30\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>Gwendolyn Brooks at 42<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>Gwendolyn Brooks was 42 when her widely anthologized poem &#8220;We Real Cool&#8221; was first published in September 1959.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv poetinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal31\">Margaret Walker at 22<\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal31\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>Margaret Walker at 22<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>Margaret Walker was 22 years old when her widely anthologized poem &#8220;For My People&#8221; was first published in November 1937.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv poetinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal32\">Claude McKay at 28<\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal32\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>Claude McKay at 28<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>Claude McKay was 28 years old when his widely anthologized poem &#8220;If We Must Die&#8221; was first published in July 1919.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv poetinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal33\">Paul Laurence Dunbar at 23 <\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal33\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>Paul Laurence Dunbar at 23 <\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>Paul Laurence Dunbar was 23 years old when his widely anthologized poem &#8220;We Wear the Mask&#8221; was first published in 1895. <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv poetinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal34\">Nikki Giovanni at 25<\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal34\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>Nikki Giovanni at 25<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>Nikki Giovanni was 25 years old when her widely anthologized poem &#8220;Nikki-Rosa&#8221; was first published in 1968. <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv poetinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal35\">Amiri Baraka at 27<\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal35\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>Amiri Baraka at 27<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>Amiri Baraka was 27 years old when his widely anthologized poem &#8220;Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note&#8221; was first published in 1961.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv poetinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal36\">Amiri Baraka&#8217;s names<\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal36\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>Amiri Baraka&#8217;s names<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>He was born Everett Leroy Jones and then took on the name LeRoi Jones later becoming Imamu Ameer Baraka then Imamu Amiri Baraka and finally Amiri Baraka<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"filterDiv poetinfo\"><button class=\"modal-button\" href=\"#Modal37\">A change to Langston Hughes&#8217;s age<\/button><\/div>\n            <div id=\"Modal37\" class=\"modal\">\n              <div class=\"modal-content\">\n                <div class=\"modal-header\"><span class=\"close\">\u00d7<\/span>\n                  <h2>A change to Langston Hughes&#8217;s age<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"modal-body\">\n                  <p>For many decades, people thought that Langston Hughes was born in 1902. 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