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Black Vernacular (AAVE)
12022-01-08T11:55:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12131Black Vernacular Tagplain2022-01-08T11:55:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Sometimes referred to as "dialect poetry."
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12022-01-05T15:00:58-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes3plain2022-01-08T11:55:37-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:02:23-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Negro Dancers, by Langston Hughes2plain2022-01-08T11:57:32-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:02:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Cat and the Saxophone by Langston Hughes2plain2022-01-08T11:58:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:04:30-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To Midnight Nan at Leroy's by Langston Hughes2plain2022-01-08T12:01:36-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-06T10:33:24-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Mother to Son by Langston Hughes2plain2022-01-14T09:41:32-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:08:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Song for a Banjo Dance by Langston Hughes2plain2022-01-08T12:07:18-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:08:48-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Blues Fantasy by Langston Hughes2plain2022-01-08T12:15:43-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-10T15:32:54-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "A Little Dreaming" (Full Text) (1913)2plain2022-01-16T22:08:45-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Poems in Jean Toomer's "Cane" (1923)1plain2022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1