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The Weary Blues (Updat ed by Langston Hughes Carl Van Vechten Kevin Young Hardcover , 128 Pages , Published 2015 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-385-35297-0, ISBN: 0-385-35297-2 "Nearly ninety years after its first publication, this celebratory edition of The Weary Blues reminds us of the stunning achievement of Langston Hughes, who was just twenty-four at its first appearance. Beginning with the opening “Proem” (prologue poem)—“I am a Negro: / Black as the night is black, / Black like the depths of my Africa”—Hughes spoke directly, intimately, and powerfully of the experiences of African Americans at a time whe ..."
The Poetics of American Song Lyrics (Updat ed by Charlotte Pence Lamar Alexander Gordon Ball Adam Bradley Wyn Cooper David Daniel Stephen M. Deusner Claudia Emerson Beth Ann Fennelly Keith Flynn Jesse Graves Peter Guralnick John Paul Hampstead Brian Howe Jill Jones David Kirby Robert Mcparland Pat Pattison Eric Reimer Jeffrey Roessner Tony Tost Ben Yagoda David Caplan Kevin Young Hardcover , 312 Pages , Published 2011 by University Press Of Mississippi ISBN-13: 978-1-61703-156-4, ISBN: 1-61703-156-9 ""The Poetics of American Song Lyrics" is the first collection of academic essays that regards songs as literature and that identifies intersections between the literary histories of poems and songs. The essays by well-known poets and scholars including Pulitzer Prize winner Claudia Emerson, Peter Guralnick, Adam Bradley, David Kirby, Kevin Young, and many others, locate points of synthesis and separation so as to better understand both ..."
Laylah Ali (Updat ed by Dina Deitsch Kevin Young Illustrator-Laylah Ali Paperback , 64 Pages , Published 2009 by Decordova Museum And Sculpture Park ISBN-13: 978-0-945506-59-1, ISBN: 0-945506-59-7 "For the past decade, Laylah Ali has been interrogating the visual language of contemporary society through paintings and drawings inhabited by her subversive characters. The Note drawings presented in this catalogue reference Ali's earlier work, yet mark a departure to some degree. While language has always been at the heart of Ali's practice--in its limitations and misinterpretations--she has, in this series of drawings, incorporated a ..."
The Civil War in Georgia (Updat ed by John C. Inscoe Cindy Schmid David S. Williams Albert Churella Angela Esco Elder Anne J. Bailey Anthony Gene Carey Barton A. Myers Brad Wood Brian Brown Bruce Smith Caroline Dillman Chris Wilkinson Clarence L. Mohr Dan Du David Mcgee Debra Van Tuyll Denise Wright Diane Trap Edwin Jackson Franklin Sammons Jr. Garrett W. Silliman Glenna Schroeder-Lein Gordon L. Jones Heather Whittaker Hubert H. Mcalexander Hugh Ruppersburg Jacqueline Miller Carmichael James Turner James Welborn Iii Jarrod Atchison Jason Manthorne John D. Fowler Jun Hyun Katherine Brackett Katherine Rohrer Keith S. Bohannon Kyle Osborn Laura Mccarty Laverne Hill Leah Richier Levi Collins Lisa Tendrich Frank Melvin Hill Jr. Robert Wilson Iii Sean H. Vanatta Vanessa P. Tome Stephen Davis Stephen Huggins Steve Longcrier Susan Eva O'donovan Richard Houston George W. Justice Samuel B. Mcguire Dan Childs Md Jeffrey Young Bruce E. Stewart David Wiggins Kevin Young William Harris Bragg Robert Davis Jr. Robert Scott Davis Dr David Williams William Bragg Sir Bruce Stewart Bfa Hardcover , 312 Pages , Published 2011 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4138-5, ISBN: 0-8203-4138-X "Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia's Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in terms of how the Civil War has come to be studied, documented, and analyzed.The Atlanta campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea changed the cour ..."
Seriously Funny (Updat ed by Barbara Hamby David Kirby David Bottoms Lucille Clifton Wanda Coleman Michael Collier Carl Dennis Stephen Dobyns Stephen Dunn B. Fairchild Beth Fennelly Allen Ginsberg Louise Gluck Albert Goldbarth Robert Hass Terrance Hayes Andrew Hudgins David Lehman Thomas Lux William Matthews Caroline Knox Tony Hoagland Yusef Komunyakaa Professor Adrian Blevins Kevin Campbell Mcgrath Heather Mchugh Peter Meinke Phyllis Moore Harryette Mullen Lucia Perillo Michael Ryan Tim Seibles Charles Simic Maura Stanton James Tate Robert Wrigley Dean Young Kim Addonizio Ginger Andrews Nin Andrews John Ashbery Dorothy Barresi Professor Billy Collins Josh Bell Charles Bernstein John Berryman George Bilgere Richard Blanco Judith Ortiz Cofer Daniel Borzutsky Catherine Bowman Jason Bredle Geoffrey Brock Christopher Bursk Richard Cecil Maxine Chernoff Marilyn Chin David Clewell Gregory Corso Justin Courter Jim Daniels Gregory Djanikian Denise Duhamel Steve Fellner David Graham Paul Guest R. S. Gwynn James Allen Hall Professor Kenneth Koch Jeffrey Harrison Bob Hicok Richard Howard David Huerta Bruce A. Jacobs Rodney Jones James Kimbrell Galway Kinnell Jennifer L. Knox Professor Frank O'hara Ron Koertge William Logan Jynne Dilling Martin Adrian Matejka Lynne Mcmahon Richard Newman Aimee Nezhukumatathil Sharon Olds Lawrence Raab Freeman Rogers Aidan Rooney J. Allyn Rosser Steve Scafidi Natalie Shapero Julie Sheehan Enid Shomer Martha Silano Gary Soto Gerald Stern Angelo Verga Paul Violi Susan Wood Franz Wright Lois-Ann Yamanaka Matthew Zapruder Bill Zavatsky T. R. Hummer Professor Erin Belieu Professor Mark Halliday Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Alan Shapiro Kevin Young Martín Espada Richard García Charles Harper Webb T. Hummer Hardcover , 440 Pages , Published 2010 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3087-7, ISBN: 0-8203-3087-6 "This is an anthology of irreverence and humor in the hands of our best poets. Can serious poetry be funny? Chaucer and Shakespeare would say yes, and so do the authors of these 187 poems that address timeless concerns but that also include comic elements. Beginning with the Beats and the New York School and continuing with both marquee-name poets and newcomers, "Seriously Funny" ranges from poems that are capsized by their own tomfooler ..."
Letters to America (Updat ed by Jim Daniels Alfred Encarnacion Calvin Forbes Charles Bukowski Charles Fort Cornelius Eady Al Zolynas Al Young Amy Uyematsu Betsy Sholl Baron Wormser Carolyn Kizer David Ignatow David Ray Diane Glancy Dudley Randall Fareedah Allah David Mura Russell Atkins Lucille Clifton Toi Derricotte Sam Cornish Gwendolyn Brooks Jayne Cortez Jimmie Durham Etheridge Knight Gail Tremblay Ernesto Trejo Gary Soto Francisco Alarcón Ellen Bryant Voigt Dr Christopher Gilbert Carroll Arnett/Gogisgi Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Daryl Ngee Chinn Garrett Kaoru Hongo Ira Sadoff Jimmy Santiago Baca John Repp Joy Harjo James Wright Bsc Kate Rushin Langston Hughes Lawrence Joseph Leo Romero Linda Hogan Lonny Kaneko Lorna Dee Cervantes Marilyn Nelson Waniek Martin Espada Michael S. Harper Michael S. Weaver Naomi Long Madgett Nellie Wong Peter Blue Cloud Quincy Troupe Richard Katrovas Robert Winner Sharon Olds Simon Ortiz T. R. Hummer Thylias Moss Tom Wayman Professor Audre Lorde Professor June Jordan C. K. Williams Yusef Komunyakaa Colleen J. Mcelroy Kevin Young Christopher Gilbert Audre Lorde Paperback , 232 Pages , Published 1995 by Wayne State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-2542-1, ISBN: 0-8143-2542-4 "Letters to America features the work of poets who have had the courage to write about race with honesty and passion. Speakign from the experience of Black, Native American, Asian, Arabic, Indian, Hispanic, and white culture, their diverse voices unite in a dialogue of poems which acknowledge and celebrate our differences while exploring America's shameful history of racial intolerance. The poets in this anthology include Gwendolyn Brook ..."
Blues Poems (Updat ed by Kevin Young Hardcover , 256 Pages , Published 2003 by Everyman's Library ISBN-13: 978-0-375-41458-9, ISBN: 0-375-41458-4 "Born in African American work songs, field hollers, and the powerful legacy of the spirituals, the blues traveled the country from the Mississippi delta to “Sweet Home Chicago,” forming the backbone of American music. In this anthology–the first devoted exclusively to blues poems–a wide array of poets pay tribute to the form and offer testimony to its lasting power.The blues have left an indelible mark on the work of a diverse range of ..."
