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Eugene B. Redmond

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in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

December 01, 1937

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Eugene B. Redmond is an American poet, and academic. His poetry is closely connected to the Black Arts Movement and the city of East St. Louis, Illinois.

He was named Poet Laureate of East St. Louis (Illinois) in 1976, the year Doubleday Publishing Co. released his best selling book, Drumvoices: The Mission of Afro-American Poetry. Earlier, he spent two years (1967-69) as Teacher-Counselor and Poet-in-Residence at Southern Illinois University’s Experiment in Higher Education (ESL) where he taught with Katherine Dunham. (In 2006 he coordinated the International Memorial Celebration for Miss Dunham.) From 1970-85, he was Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence at California State University-Sacramento. During that time he won an NEA Creativ ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 347 ratings · 72 reviews · 22 distinct works

	The Eye in the Ceiling: Poems 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drumvoices: The Mission of Afro-American Poetry: A Critical History 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River of bones and flesh and blood it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Songs from an Afro Phone 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In a Time of Rain and Desire: New Love Poems really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sentry of the Four Golden Pillars it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arkansippi Memwars: Poetry, Prose & Chants 1962-2012 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Griefs of Joy: Anthology of Contemporary Afro-American Poetry for Students liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drumvoices Revue (A Confluence of Literary, Culture & Vision Arts), Summer-Fall 2000, Volume 9, Numbers 1 & 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Neither of the boys understand what's going on,"
The driver's mother noted.
"Who does?" the young poet asked himself.”
― Eugene Redmond

tags: poem, poetry, understanding

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“A middleage friend of the poet's mother said:
"They're killing off all our good men: I tell ya, a black man
Today speaks his piece at the risk of losing his life.”
― Eugene Redmond

tags: african-americans, blacks, danger, death, fear, poem, poetry

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“At 30,000 feet up
The mind has plenty of space to wander:”
― Eugene Redmond

tags: air-travel, airplanes, flying, poem, poetry, space, thinking

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