Looking at the period from 1968 to 1978, an era buttressed by Gwendolyn Brook's In The Mecca and Audre Lorde's The Black Unicorn, poet and reviewer Clarke offers readings of works by Brooks, Lorde, Ntozake Shange, Jayne Cortez, Carolyn Rodgers, Elouise Loftin, Alice Walker, Lucille Clifton, and others within the context of the Black Arts Movement. She further connects the works of these poets with the confluence of black, feminist, and sexual poetics. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)