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The book traces the growth of American poetry in the 19th century, when a distinctive American idiom began to emerge. Walt Whitman spearheaded this new genre, and American poets began to impress international audiences. American poetry diversified towards the end of the millennium as poets wrote increasingly about women, African Americans, Hispanics, Chicanos, and other sub cultural groupings. The most recent poetic trends have seen revival of the Beat Poetry spoken word tradition, in the form of the poetry slam.
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