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FREEDOMWAYS FOURTH QUARTER 1971

many female writers. Sonia Sanchez employs strong invective. Carolyn Rogers in "U Name This One" and Nikki Giovanni in "My Poem" touch upon a similar theme:

let uh revolution come. uh
state of peace is not known to me
anyway
since I grew uhround in chi town
where
howling wolf howled in the tavern on 47th st.
and muddy waters made u cry the salty nigger blues...

we was all up there and 
just living was guerrilla warfare, yeah.

let us revolution come. 
couldn't be no action like what
i dun already seen.

i am 25 years old
black female poet
wrote a poem asking
nigger can you kill
if they kill me
it won't stop
the revolution

The love poems are earthy; the recollections of childhood warm and honest. As an anthology, quality-wise, it is hard to beat. If you have overlooked this new stream of writing in America, Natural Process will bring you up-to-date. By all indications, the raw surge of black voices will herald important activities in the future progression of world events. 

Patricia Gow

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