What I say : innovative poetry by black writers in America / edited by Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Lauri Ramey.
| Other author/creator | Nielsen, Aldon Lynn editor. |
| Other author/creator | Scheyer, Lauri editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2015] |
| Description | xviii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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| Series | Modern and Contemporary Poetics Modern and contemporary poetics. ^A406794 |
| Contents | Will Alexander -- Ron Allen -- T.J. Anderson III -- Tisa Bryant -- Pia Deas -- C.S. Giscombe -- Renee Gladman -- Duriel E. Harris -- Harmony Holiday -- Erica Hunt -- Kim D. Hunter -- Geoffrey Jacques -- Douglas Kearney -- John Keene -- Nathaniel Mackey -- Dawn Lundy Martin -- Mark McMorris -- Tracie Morris -- Fred Moten -- Harryette Mullen -- Mendi Lewis Obadlike -- G.E. Patterson -- Julie Ezelle Patton -- Claudia Rankine -- Deborah Richards -- Evie Shockley -- Giovanni Singleton -- Tyrone Williams -- Ronaldo V. Wilson. |
| Abstract | "The elder poets in this collection, such as Nathaniel Mackey, C.S. Giscombe, Will Alexander, and Ron Allen, came of age during and were powerfully influenced by the Black Arts Movement, and What I Say grounds the collection in its black modernist roots. In tracing the fascinating and unexpected paths of experimentation these poets explored, however, Nielsen and Ramey reveal the tight delineations of African American poetry that omitted noncanonical forms. This invigorating panoply of work, when restored, brings into focus the creatively elastic frontiers and multifaceted expressions of contemporary black poetry. Several of the poets discussed in What I Say forged relationships with members of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry movement and participated in the broader community of innovative poetry that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s and continues to exert a powerful influence today. Each volume can stand on its own, and reading them in tandem will provide a clear vision of how innovative African American poetries have evolved across the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. What I Say is infinitely teachable, compelling, and rewarding. It will appeal to a broad readership of poets, poetics teachers, poetics scholars, students of African American literature in nonnarrative forms, Afro-futurism, and what lies between the modern and the contemporary in global and localized writing practices."--Publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-311). |
| Genre/form | American poetry African American authors 20th century. |
| Genre/form | Poetics. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| LCCN | 2014021616 |
| ISBN | 9780817358006 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0817358005 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS591.B53 W48 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |