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Michael S. Harper

Michael Steven Harper (March 18, 1938 – May 7, 2016) was an American poet and English professor at Brown University, who was the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island from 1988 to 1993. His poetry was influenced by jazz and history.

Among the influences which shaped his writing, he said that the most important lesson he learned from musicians was phrasing, the authenticity of phrasing, and the transcendence and spiritual mastery. He published ten books of poetry, two of which—Dear John, Dear Coltrane (1970) and Images of Kin (1977)—were nominated for the National Book Award. Many of his poems have been included as examples of African-American literature and jazz poetry in various anthologies.

Village Blues

Michael S. Harper

Savage

Michael S. Harper

Sandra: At the Beaver Trap

Michael S. Harper

Nightmare Begins Responsibility

Michael S. Harper

New Season

Michael S. Harper

The Militance of a Photograph in the Passbook of a Bantu under Detention

Michael S. Harper

Makin’ Jump Shots

Michael S. Harper

The Love Letters of Helen Pitts Douglass

Michael S. Harper

Kin 2

Michael S. Harper

Jazz Station

Michael S. Harper

Here Where Coltrane Is

Michael S. Harper

Grandfather

Michael S. Harper

For Bud

Michael S. Harper

Double Elegy

Michael S. Harper

Debridement

Michael S. Harper

Dear John, Dear Coltrane

Michael S. Harper

Clan Meeting: Births and Nations: A Blood Song

Michael S. Harper

Blues Alabama

Michael S. Harper

The Black Angel

Michael S. Harper

American History

Michael S. Harper

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