Diann Blakely

Diann Blakely is a former poetry editor of Antioch Review and the author of three books -- Hurricane Walk, Farewell My Lovelies and Cities of Flesh and the Dead, a portion of which received the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award. Her work has also appeared in Best American Poetry and the Pushcart Prize Anthology. She lives in Brunswick, Georgia and is at work on a two new collections, Rain in Our Doors: Duets with Robert Johnson and Lost Addresses.

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Angles of Ascent: The Norton Anthology of African American Poetry

Diann Blakely  | 
Issue 62.2 Spring 2013

Angles of Ascent: The Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry, ed. Charles Henry Rowell. W. W. Norton, $24.95. Without even glancing at the ample prefatory material Rowell provides, most readers can discern his sympathies from the title: while another …