The Collected Poems of Lorenzo Thomas. Lorenzo Thomas

      Edited by ALDON LYNN NIELSEN and LAURA VRANA

      WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Middletown, Connecticut

      Wesleyan University Press

      Middletown CT 06459

       www.wesleyan.edu/wespress

      © 2019 The Estate of Lorenzo Thomas

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      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Designed by Richard Hendel

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      Cover art: John Biggers, “Four Sisters” (1986).

      Collection of the Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia.

      Used with permission.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      NAMES: Thomas, Lorenzo, 1944–2005, author. | Nielsen, Aldon Lynn, editor. | Vrana, Laura, editor.

      TITLE: The collected poems of Lorenzo Thomas / edited by Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Laura Vrana.

      OTHER TITLES: Poems

      DESCRIPTION: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2019] | Series: Wesleyan poetry | Summary: "Lorenzo Thomas's Collected Poems is a thorough retrospective of the work of a poet of the Black Arts Movement in the United States in the 20th century. Often engaged with political and social upheavals, for example the civil rights movement and Vietnam War, Thomas uses formal experimentation and elements of music and pop culture to reflect upon the transforming experience of being an ‘American."'— Provided by publisher.

      IDENTIFIERS: LCCN 2019030467 (print) | LCCN 2019030468 (ebook) | ISBN 9780819578983 (cloth) | ISBN 9780819578990 (paperback) | ISBN 9780819579003 (ebook)

      CLASSIFICATION: LCC PS3570.H568 2019 (print) | LCC PS3570 (ebook) | DDC 811/.54—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019030467

      LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019030468

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      Front cover illustration: “Four Sisters,” John Biggers, 1986. Collection of the Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA.

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