Black Poetics

Black Poetics is a theoretical framework within African American Literary Studies that articulates the distinctive aesthetic, cultural, and ideological principles shaping Black literary production, particularly in relation to orality, performance, vernacular traditions, and resistance to dominant canonical norms.

307

Publications

22.7K

Citations

316

Authors

40

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

20

Authors

316

  1. HL
    Henry Louis Gates

    Harvard University, United States

    6 publications · 685 citations

    6

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  2. HA
    Houston A. Baker

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    5 publications · 158 citations

    5

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  3. LT
    Lorenzo Thomas

    4 publications · 243 citations

    4

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  4. KB
    Keith Byerman

    Indiana State University, United States

    3 publications · 113 citations

    3

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  5. JV
    Joanne V. Gabbin

    3 publications · 257 citations

    3

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1–5 of 316

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 64 publications · 5.5K citations

    35

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  2. American Literature

    18 publications · 807 citations

    15

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  3. African American Review

    AAR · 17 publications · 827 citations

    14

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  4. World Literature Today

    WLT · 16 publications · 696 citations

    13

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  5. Callaloo

    11 publications · 506 citations

    11

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