 The 1980 anthology "A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now" opens with the Sumerian language poet Enheduanna (2300b) and features women poets from each continent and literary epoch until 1980; later editions of the anthology end with a section on contemporary American poets, including Audrey Lorde, Lucille Clifton, Joy Harjo, June Jordan, Brenda HIllman, and Leslie Scalapino.The 1999 Prentice Hall anthology "Literatures of Asia, Africa, and Latin America""," 1990 pages in length, opens with a section on Asia from Vedic period (1500 to 200 B.C.