Embracing the Verb of It: Black Poets Innovating (or Innovative?). (Ruth Ellen Kocher, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Douglas Kearney, Duriel E. Harris, Tyrone Williams) Five poets read and discuss their work within the context of Expressive Experimentation and an Innovative Avant-Garde-ism embraced by writers such as Russell Atkins, Ed Roberson, Harryette Mullen, C.S. Giscombe, and Claudia Rankine.