Author: Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817352791
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Showcases brilliant and experimental work in African American poetry. Just prior to the Second World War, and even more explosively in the 1950s and 1960s, a far-reaching revolution in aesthetics and prosody by black poets ensued, some working independently and others in organized groups. Little of this new work was reflected in the anthologies and syllabi of college English courses of the period. Even during the 1970s, when African American literature began to receive substantial critical attention, the work of many experimental black poets continued to be neglected. Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone presents the groundbreaking work of many of these poets who carried on the innovative legacies of Melvin Tolson, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Robert Hayden. Whereas poetry by such key figures such as Amiri Baraka, Tolson, Jayne Cortez, Clarence Major, and June Jordan is represented, this anthology also elevates into view the work of less studied poets such as Russell Atkins, Jodi Braxton, David Henderson, Bob Kaufman, Stephen Jonas, and Elouise Loftin. Many of the poems collected in the volume are currently unavailable and some will appear in print here for the first time. Coeditors Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Lauri Ramey provide a critical introduction that situates the poems historically and highlights the ways such poetry has been obscured from view by recent critical and academic practices. The result is a record of experimentation, instigation, and innovation that links contemporary African American poetry to its black modernist roots and extends the terms of modern poetics into the future.
Author: Joseph Nazel
Publisher: Holloway House Publishing
ISBN: 9780870677649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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"They said he was crazy, but he was merely mad, angry at the racist insanity he saw around him in the South of the '60s. They arrested him for fire-bombing a segregated toilet and put him away in a mental hospital, aptly named 'Limbo.' Released ten years later, he goes home to the housing projects of South Central Los Angeles, where he witnesses an entirely different kind of insanity--a black-on-black cruelty even more destructive than what he had gone south to protest."--Publisher's note on back cover
Author: Itabari Njeri
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780679732426
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Author: Samuel A. Hay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521465854
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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This book traces the history of African American theatre from its beginnings to the present.
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Languages : en
Pages : 232
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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Author: Evelyn C. White
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780973251913
Category : Blacks
Languages : en
Pages : 115
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Author: Anand Prahlad
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 0878058907
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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Such sayings as "Hard times make a monkey eat red pepper when he don't care for black", "The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice", and "Nothing ruins a duck but its bill" convey not only axiomatic impact but also profound contextual meanings. This study of African-American proverbs is the first to probe deeply into these meanings and contexts. Sw. Anand Prahlad's interest in proverbs dates back to his own childhood in rural Virginia when he listened to his great-grandmother's stories. Very early he began collecting "sayings". In researching this book, he spent five years listening for proverbs spoken in bars, clubs, churches, and retirement homes; on street corners, basketball courts, and public buses; at PTA meetings and bingo games. To discover the full context of a proverb, Prahlad considers four levels of meanings - grammatical, cultural, situational, and symbolic. All these operate simultaneously when a proverb is spoken. Part of the artistry in using proverbs comes from the complex interplay of the dimensions of their meanings. From WPA interviews with former slaves, from the lyrics of blues songs, from extensive field research, and from expressions of protest and cultural affirmation, the author reveals the myriad ways African-American proverbs thrive today.
Author: Jim Small
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312588039
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Poetry and photography are universal languages spoken from the heart. When they converse together, the can flow like song. In this book, Heartstrings, you will meet siblings, a sister and brother who have joined forces to share their visions of life through their use of the lens and the pen. Although they live two thousand miles apart, they are able to combine their artistry in a way that brings their images and words together. Now this union has made it possible for you to make the journey as well, with beautiful and sometimes painful views into the world we live.
Author: Robert Hayden
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472220209
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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"A collection of essays on poetry and the experiences that influenced poet Robert Hayden. Contents include "The History of Punchinello: A Baroque Play in One Act," Hayden's introductory remarks to volumes like Kaleidoscope: Poems by American Negro Poet and The New Negro, and interviews with Hayden."
Author: Lucy J. Hawkins
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491776765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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From the time she was four, Laura Simpson had one dream: to marry Richard Warner, a preachers son. But that dream was ripped away when she was sixteen. When she accepted Jesus as her Savior, Richard refused to have anything else to do with her. Instead, he turned to her best friend, Kathy Middleton. The product of an abusive home, Kathy was in search of love. Richard happily exploited the wild and insecure Kathy, a young woman who was ready to latch on to his every whim. Heartbroken, Laura forces herself to move on. However, when the truth comes outRichard is really in love with Laurashes at a loss. Hes been using Kathy and other women for practice, with the plan of saving Laura for marriage. But Laura has moved on, and she now has two other romantic prospects in her life. And now that her integrity is questioned as an elder at Amberstone Baptist Church, a third prospect joins the field. The council of bishops sends Bishop Ralph Sessoms to investigate the accusations brought against her. Is Ralph the one Laura was really waiting for? As their lives and loves all hang in the balance, God intervenes in a way that only He can.
