{"product_id":"black-pow-wow-ted-joans-9780809000937","title":"Black POW-Wow: Jazz Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJazz is my religion, and surrealism is my point of view.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTed Joans was one of the first Beat poets in the Greenwich Village arts scene, pioneering a movement that often overlooked his profound contributions. His poetry mixes the rhythms of jazz music with \"hand grenades\" of truth, and his live reading performance style anticipated the spoken word movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Pow-Wow\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of the best of Joans' early poetry, including such well-known poems as \"Jazz Is My Religion,\" \"Passed On Blues: Homage to a Poet,\" and \"The Nice Colored Man.\" Many of his poems speak to his friends and contemporaries--including Charlie Parker, Jack Kerouac, Allan Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, Salvador Dali, Andre Breton, and particularly Langston Hughes--as well as his extensive travels across the African continent and around the world. His avante-garde poems also reflect his style as a painter and collage artist, call for social protest, and denounce racism, sexual repression, and injustice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis groundbreaking collection, one of only two mainstream publications Joans produced, perfectly captures the pulse of the Beat Generation and the rhythms of blues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Joans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809000938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809000937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/1969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.54w x 0.40d","brand":"Ted Joans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045035667711,"sku":"9780809000937","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6cea99e3-c98f-48f4-86bb-6d12f259e258.jpg?v=1684976352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-pow-wow-ted-joans-9780809000937","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}