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  1. Blue Suede Shoes: A Fiction
  2. Ai
  3. pp. 683-687
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0112
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  1. The Venus Hottentot (1825)
  2. Elizabeth Alexander
  3. pp. 688-691
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0113
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  1. All My Live Ones
  2. Gerald Barrax
  3. pp. 692-693
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0114
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  1. An Audience of One
  2. Gerald Barrax
  3. pp. 694-695
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0115
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  1. Dissidence, I
  2. Robert Berrouët-Oriol, Carrol F. Coates
  3. pp. 696-698
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0116
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  1. From Clips
  2. Edward Kamau Brathwaite
  3. pp. 699-706
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0117
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  1. Sally Hemings to Thomas Jefferson
  2. Cyrus Cassells
  3. pp. 707-710
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0118
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  1. The Automatic Crystal
  2. Aimé Césaire, Clayton Eshleman, Annette Smith
  3. p. 711
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0119
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  1. Wifredo Lam . . .
  2. Aimé Césaire, Clayton Eshleman, Annette Smith
  3. p. 712
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0120
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  1. Your Portrait
  2. Aimé Césaire, Clayton Eshleman, Annette Smith
  3. p. 713
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0121
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  1. Lazarus
  2. Lucille Clifton
  3. pp. 714-715
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0122
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  1. Holy Cross Hospital
  2. Toi Derricotte
  3. pp. 716-718
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0124
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  1. The Promise
  2. Toi Derricotte
  3. pp. 719-720
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0125
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  1. Climbing Montmartre
  2. Melvin Dixon
  3. p. 721
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0126
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  1. Heartbeats
  2. Melvin Dixon
  3. pp. 722-723
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0127
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  1. Headdress
  2. Rita Dove
  3. p. 724
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0128
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  1. Heroes
  2. Rita Dove
  3. pp. 725-726
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0129
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  1. Motherhood
  2. Rita Dove
  3. p. 727
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0130
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  1. Roast Possum
  2. Rita Dove
  3. pp. 728-729
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0131
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  1. Straw Hat
  2. Rita Dove
  3. p. 730
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0132
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  1. Middle Ear Recitation (a transcription of Cecil Taylor's "Erzulie Maketh Scent")
  2. Brent Hayes Edwards
  3. pp. 731-734
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0133
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  1. Fatal April
  2. Thomas Sayers Ellis
  3. p. 735
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0134
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  1. A Kiss in the Dark
  2. Thomas Sayers Ellis
  3. p. 736
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0135
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  1. A Ride to the Wedding
  2. Phebus Etienne
  3. p. 737
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0136
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  1. Shoes
  2. Phebus Etienne
  3. p. 738
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0137
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  1. Isis Prepares for Resurrection
  2. Nehassaiu de Gannes
  3. p. 739
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0138
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  1. The Turn
  2. Chris Gilbert
  3. pp. 740-742
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0139
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  1. The Northernmost Road
  2. C.S. Giscombe
  3. pp. 743-745
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0141
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  1. El Beso
  2. Jewelle Gomez
  3. pp. 746-747
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0140
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  1. Annual Visit of the Quiet, Unmarried Son
  2. Forrest Hamer
  3. p. 748
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0142
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  1. Goldsboro Narratives
  2. Forrest Hamer
  3. pp. 749-751
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0143
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  1. In the Middle
  2. Forrest Hamer
  3. p. 752
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0144
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  1. The Great Depression
  2. Kendra Hamilton
  3. pp. 753-754
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0145
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  1. Granada Notebook #5
  2. Myronn Hardy
  3. p. 755
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0146
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  1. Resolution
  2. Myronn Hardy
  3. p. 756
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0147
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  1. Modulations on a Theme: For Josephus Long
  2. Michael S. Harper
  3. pp. 757-761
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0148
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  1. My Father at 75
  2. Michael S. Harper
  3. pp. 762-763
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0149
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  1. Framed
  2. Claire Harris
  3. p. 764
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0150
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  1. Mysteries
  2. Claire Harris
  3. pp. 765-766
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0151
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  1. Touch
  2. Terrance Hayes
  3. pp. 767-768
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0152
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  1. The Love of Travellers: (Doris, Sandra and Sheryl)
  2. Angela Jackson
  3. p. 769
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0153
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  1. Don Pullen at the Zanzibar Blue Jazz Café, 1994
  2. Major L. Jackson
  3. pp. 770-771
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0154
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  1. Some Kind of Crazy
  2. Major L. Jackson
  3. pp. 772-773
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0155
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  1. Frank
  2. Reuben Jackson
  3. pp. 774-775
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0156
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  1. Composition with Guitar and Apples
  2. Gayl Jones
  3. pp. 776-779
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0157
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  1. Waiting for the Miracle
  2. Gayl Jones
  3. pp. 780-785
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0158
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  1. "Shack with Vines"
  2. Patricia Spears Jones
  3. pp. 786-787
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0159
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  1. Wearing My Red Silk Chinese Jacket
  2. Patricia Spears Jones
  3. pp. 788-791
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0160
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  1. On Sidewalks, On Streetcorners, As Girls
  2. Allison Joseph
  3. pp. 792-793
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0161
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  1. Summers on Screvin
  2. Allison Joseph
  3. pp. 794-796
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0162
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  1. Belly Song: (For the Daytop Family)
  2. Etheridge Knight
  3. pp. 797-800
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0163
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  1. A Conversation with Myself
  2. Etheridge Knight
  3. pp. 801-802
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0164
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  1. Birds on a Powerline
  2. Yusef Komunyakaa
  3. p. 803
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0165
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  1. Red Pagoda
  2. Yusef Komunyakaa
  3. pp. 804-805
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0166
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  1. Two Cranial Murals
  2. Yusef Komunyakaa
  3. p. 806
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0167
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  1. Venus's-Flytraps
  2. Yusef Komunyakaa
  3. pp. 807-808
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0168
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  1. Fishing the White Water
  2. Audre Lorde
  3. pp. 809-810
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0169
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  1. Jessehelms
  2. Audre Lorde
  3. pp. 811-812
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0170
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  1. To the Poet Who Happens to be Black and the Black Poet Who Happens to be a Woman
  2. Audre Lorde
  3. pp. 813-814
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0171
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  1. Women on Trains
  2. Audre Lorde
  3. pp. 815-816
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0172
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  1. Song of the Andoumboulou: 40
  2. Nathaniel Mackey
  3. pp. 817-820
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0173
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  1. Difficulty with Perspective
  2. Clarence Major
  3. pp. 821-823
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0174
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  1. The Great Horned Owl
  2. Clarence Major
  3. pp. 824-825
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0175
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  1. Unwanted Memory
  2. Clarence Major
  3. p. 826
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0176
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  1. Bearers of Arms 1775-1783
  2. Dawn Lundy Martin
  3. pp. 827-828
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0177
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  1. Violent Rooms
  2. Dawn Lundy Martin
  3. p. 829
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0178
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  1. What the Memory Predicts: For Alexis
  2. Dawn Lundy Martin
  3. pp. 830-831
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0179
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  1. With Bill Pickett at the 101 Ranch
  2. Colleen J. McElroy
  3. p. 832
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0180
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  1. Afrocuba
  2. Orlando Ricardo Menes
  3. pp. 833-834
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0181
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  1. Avant Garde
  2. Constance Merritt
  3. p. 835
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0182
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  1. Because Death is This Feeling
  2. Jeannette Miller, JoAnne Engelbert
  3. p. 836
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0183
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  1. Country After Country
  2. Karen Mitchell
  3. pp. 837-838
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0184
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  1. Forgiveness
  2. Karen Mitchell
  3. pp. 839-840
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0185
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  1. Honeysuckles
  2. Karen Mitchell
  3. pp. 841-842
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0186
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  1. Music
  2. Karen Mitchell
  3. p. 843
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0187
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  1. Alluvion
  2. Nancy Morejón, Kathleen Weaver
  3. p. 844
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0188
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  1. Ferocious Cage
  2. Nancy Morejón, Kathleen Weaver, Robert Baldock
  3. p. 845
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0189
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  1. Richard Brought His Flute
  2. Nancy Morejón, Lois Wright
  3. pp. 846-851
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0190
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  1. Holding
  2. Thylias Moss
  3. pp. 852-853
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0191
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  1. One for All Newborns
  2. Thylias Moss
  3. p. 854
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0192
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  1. Remembering Kitchens
  2. Thylias Moss
  3. pp. 855-856
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0193
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  1. Fable
  2. Harryette Mullen
  3. pp. 857-858
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0194
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  1. Unspoken
  2. Harryette Mullen
  3. pp. 859-860
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0195
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  1. Setting Loose the Icons
  2. Brenda Marie Osbey
  3. pp. 861-864
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0196
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  1. Calunga Lungara
  2. Edimilson de Almeida Pereira
  3. p. 865
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0197
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  1. Edimilson de Almeida Pereira
  2. pp. 866-867
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0198
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  1. Blue
  2. Carl Phillips
  3. p. 868
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0199
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  1. The Clearing
  2. Carl Phillips
  3. pp. 869-870
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0200
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  1. Moving Target
  2. Carl Phillips
  3. p. 871
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0201
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  1. Quarter-View, from Nauset
  2. Carl Phillips
  3. pp. 872-873
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0202
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  1. Elegy for a White Cock (after Mei Yao-ch'en, ca. 1002-1060)
  2. Ed Roberson
  3. pp. 874-877
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0203
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  1. From Lucid Interval as Integral Music
  2. Ed Roberson
  3. pp. 878-879
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0204
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  1. Hotei: The Fullness
  2. Ed Roberson
  3. p. 880
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0205
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  1. Book Review
  2. Lucinda H. Roy
  3. pp. 881-884
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0207
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  1. Reeling Memories for My Father
  2. Kate Rushin
  3. pp. 885-886
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0208
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  1. A Poem for My Father
  2. Sonia Sanchez
  3. p. 887
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0209
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  1. Sequences
  2. Sonia Sanchez
  3. pp. 888-889
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0210
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  1. Elegy of Midnight
  2. Leopold S. Senghor, Melvin Dixon
  3. pp. 890-891
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0211
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  1. To the Black American Troops
  2. Leopold S. Senghor, Melvin Dixon
  3. pp. 892-893
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0212
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  1. Ellingtonia
  2. Sean Singer
  3. pp. 894-895
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0213
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  1. Childhood
  2. Sharan Strange
  3. p. 896
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0214
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  1. Last Supper
  2. Sharan Strange
  3. pp. 897-898
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0215
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  1. Offering
  2. Sharan Strange
  3. p. 899
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0216
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  1. Remedy
  2. Patrick Sylvain
  3. pp. 900-901
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0217
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  1. Letter Home —New Orleans, November 1910
  2. Natasha Trethewey
  3. pp. 902-903
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0218
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  1. Vignette —from a photograph by E.J. Bellocq, circa 1912
  2. Natasha Trethewey
  3. p. 904
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0219
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  1. A Moon Accountability
  2. Ron Welburn
  3. pp. 905-906
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0220
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  1. Yellow Wolf Spirit
  2. Ron Welburn
  3. pp. 907-908
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0221
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  1. MFA Meeting, RE: Poet-Hire
  2. Crystal Williams
  3. pp. 909-911
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0222
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  1. Letters from a New England Negro
  2. Sherley Anne Williams
  3. pp. 912-922
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0223
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  1. Benjamin Banneker Helps to Build a City
  2. Jay Wright
  3. pp. 923-927
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0224
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  1. Leaving the Buenos Aires Cemetery
  2. Jay Wright
  3. p. 928
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0225
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  1. Popper's Dilemma
  2. Jay Wright
  3. pp. 929-930
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0226
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  1. Invitation
  2. Al Young
  3. pp. 931-932
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0227
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  1. Cassius Clay By Basquiat 1982, acrylic & oil paintstick on canvas
  2. Kevin Young
  3. pp. 933-935
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0228
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  1. Hollywood Africans 1983
  2. Kevin Young
  3. pp. 936-937
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0229
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  1. How to Make Rain
  2. Kevin Young
  3. p. 938
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0230
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  1. Letters from the North Star
  2. Kevin Young
  3. p. 939
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0231
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  1. A Bold Gesture: Notes from the Editor
  2. Charles Henry Rowell
  3. pp. vi-viii
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0206
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 940-946
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2001.0123
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