# Toasts (African American folk poetry) { "id": "S85135703", "title": "Toasts (African American folk poetry)", "url": "/topics/S85135703", "kind": "topic-directory", "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory", "provider": "lcsh", "revision": "5ba7b1dd7256bd41", "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289", "numeric_address": "867167228708128260", "address_version": "morton4x16-v1", "coordinates": [ 0, 20, 19525, 23552 ], "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review", "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap" } Here are entered narrative poems from the African American oral tradition that are usually rhymed, rhythmic, epical representations of extended conflicts between protagonists, expressed in nonstandard Black English, created for and during male recitative performances. Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap. Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135703 No owner-reviewed local answer yet.