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Leadbelly: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780974635330)
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Tyehimba Jess
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x"It is exhilarating to be invited into a world so large and muscular, so rooted in history, a world where so much is at stake."--Brigit Pegeen Kelly, National Poetry Series judge
A biography in poems, leadbelly examines the life and times of the legendary blues musician from a variety of intimate perspectives and using a range of innovative poetic forms. A collage of song, culture, and circumstance, alive and speaking.
Tyehimba Jess' numerous awards include fellowships from the NEA and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. A native of Detroit, he is a proud alumnus of the Chicago Green Mill Slam teams and Cave Canem. His first nonfiction book is African American Pride: Celebrating our Achievements, Contributions, and Enduring Legacy (Citadel Press, 2003).
Author: Tyehimba Jess
ISBN-10: 0974635332
ISBN-13: 9780974635330
Publisher: Wave Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.40d
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2005 pg. 43
Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2005 pg. 37
Library Journal 11/01/2005 pg. 92
Library Journal 12/01/2005 pg. 134
Library Journal 04/15/2006 pg. 82
By Tyehimba Jess
xTyehimba Jess' numerous awards include an NEA Literature Fellowship, a Winter Fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center, and the 2001 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Poetry Award. A native of Detroit, Jess is a proud alumni of the Chicago Green Mill Slam teams and Cave Canem. His book, African American Pride, was published by Citadel Press in 2003.
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