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    Soul Looks Back in Wonder

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    Read by Cary Hite, Allyson Johnson
    Edited by Tom Feelings
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    On sale Dec 04, 2018 | 12 Minutes | 9780525623953
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    "The selections are uniformly uplifting, with affirming messages about the heritage, strength and dreams of African Americans."—Publishers Weekly

    In this compelling collection, thirteen major poets rise in response to the dazzling vistas and emotionally vivid portraits of award-winning artist Tom Feelings.

    A unique and moving collaboration that celebrates the sustaining spirit of African creativity, this collection includes poetry by:
    Maya Angelou
    Lucille Clifton
    Alexis De Veaux
    Mari Evans
    Darryl Holmes
    Langston Hughes
    Rashidah Ismaili
    Haki R. Madhubuti
    Walter Dean Myers
    Mwatabu Okantah
    Eugene B. Redmond
    Askia M. Touré
    Margaret Walker
     

     
    Daniel Hahn is an award-winning translator, writer and editor. His 2026 books include If This Be Magic: the unlikely art of Shakespeare in translation, and translated novels from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala.

    Padma Viswanathan is author of three novels and a memoir, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the Pen Center USA Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and others, and has translated four books from Brazilian Portuguese. View titles by Various
    • WINNER
      Coretta Scott King Awards

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    "The selections are uniformly uplifting, with affirming messages about the heritage, strength and dreams of African Americans."—Publishers Weekly

    In this compelling collection, thirteen major poets rise in response to the dazzling vistas and emotionally vivid portraits of award-winning artist Tom Feelings.

    A unique and moving collaboration that celebrates the sustaining spirit of African creativity, this collection includes poetry by:
    Maya Angelou
    Lucille Clifton
    Alexis De Veaux
    Mari Evans
    Darryl Holmes
    Langston Hughes
    Rashidah Ismaili
    Haki R. Madhubuti
    Walter Dean Myers
    Mwatabu Okantah
    Eugene B. Redmond
    Askia M. Touré
    Margaret Walker
     

     

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    Daniel Hahn is an award-winning translator, writer and editor. His 2026 books include If This Be Magic: the unlikely art of Shakespeare in translation, and translated novels from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala.

    Padma Viswanathan is author of three novels and a memoir, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the Pen Center USA Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and others, and has translated four books from Brazilian Portuguese. View titles by Various

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    • WINNER
      Coretta Scott King Awards

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