The Before Columbus Foundation, which has been promoting America's multicultural literature since 1976, coordinates the annual American Book Awards, conducts seminars, and publishes a quarterly, the Before Columbus Review. This anthology of American Book Award-winning poetry provides ready access to essays about cultural and ethnic diversity in American literature and to the literature itself. It features poems by 46 poets in a wide variety of styles and voices. They include Miguel Algarin, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Peter Blue Cloud, Edward Dorn, Judy Grahn, Etheridge Knight, Tato Laviera, Colleen McElroy, and Elizabeth Woody. Each author is introduced by a brief biographical sketch.
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