{"product_id":"a-black-arts-poetry-machine-david-grundy-9781350178380","title":"A Black Arts Poetry Machine: Amiri Baraka and the Umbra Poets","description":"A vital hub of poetry readings, performance, publications and radical politics in 1960s New York, the Umbra Workshop was a cornerstone of the African American avant-garde.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together new archival research and detailed close readings of poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Black Arts Poetry Machine\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking study of this important but neglected group of poets. David Grundy explores the work of such poets as Amiri Baraka, Lorenzo Thomas and Calvin Hernton and how their innovative poetic forms engaged with radical political responses to state violence and urban insurrection. Through this examination, the book highlights the continuing relevance of the work of the Umbra Workshop today and is essential reading for anyone interested in 20th-century American poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Grundy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350178381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350178380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.58d","brand":"David Grundy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978431889663,"sku":"9781350178380","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67d13967-cbd2-43ee-9c46-92d5d7980bf9.jpg?v=1683241518","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-black-arts-poetry-machine-david-grundy-9781350178380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}