A Wesleyan Reader's Companion
Also By Evie Shockley “Loaded Terms”: on the poetic limits of binary thinking for The Boston Review “On C.M. Burroughs’ The Vital System” Shockley recommends and reviews. for Ron Slate “National Poetry Month: Poet of the Day” “I Declare War” Recent poem. “Top Ten Reasons Why It’s Okay That There Are ‘Too Many Poets’” … Read more
Reviews “The State of Black Poetry”, by Mitchell L. H. Douglas, for The Los Angeles Review, Issue 12 “Review of ‘The New Black’,” by Elisabeth Booze, for The Hollins Critic “The Constant Critic: Ray McDaniel” for The Constant Critic “FIELD: Martha Collins” for Poems.com “Black Acrobatics by Reginald Dwayne Betts” for Post No Ills
A Conversation With Evie Shockley Kate Greenstreet: Do you believe that poetry can create change in the world? Evie Shockley: I do. For example, poetry contributed to the political/social changes in American society during the 1960s. The poets of Black Arts Movement were able to communicate ideas for black empowerment and critiques of white … Read more
Welcome to our online companion for careful readers and teachers of Evie Shockley’s work. You will find reviews and analysis of her book The New Black, interviews with Shockley, as well as other writings that clarify her poetics. Shockley provides a reading list of works that inspired the text or may help to illuminate it … Read more
Audio/Visual Shockley on PennSound Shockley speaking at Langston Hughes celebration Shockley reading and speaking on WKMS Shockley at Painted Word Poetry Series