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Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

Nikki Grimes

Illustrator: Various

Ages: 12+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Bloomsbury

ISBN: 978-1-6811-9944-3

Keywords: African American Women, Poets, Golden shovel poetic form

Utilizing the golden shovel poetic form, Grimes creates contemporary poetry using lines borrowed from women's poetry written during the Harlem Renaissance. Bold stylized illustrations.