Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's "America, I Sing You Back"

Today’s poem both responds to and carries on the work of Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes. Happy reading!

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Allison Adelle Hedge Coke has written seven books of poetry, one book of nonfiction, and a play. Following former fieldworker retraining in the mid-1980s, the much-decorated poet began her writing and teaching career. She now serves as distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside.

-bio via UC Riverside