{"product_id":"what-i-say-aldon-lynn-nielsen-9780817358006","title":"What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America","description":"\u003ci\u003eWhat I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America\u003c\/i\u003e is the second book in a landmark two-volume anthology that explodes narrow definitions of African American poetry by examining experimental poems often excluded from previous scholarship. The first volume, \u003ci\u003eEvery Goodbye Ain't Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, covers the period from the end of World War II to the mid-1970s. In \u003ci\u003eWhat I Say\u003c\/i\u003e, editors Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Lauri Ramey have assembled a comprehensive and dynamic collection that brings this pivotal work up to the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eWhat I Say\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeveral of the poets discussed in \u003ci\u003eWhat I Say\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach 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. \u003ci\u003eWhat I Say\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aldon Lynn Nielsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817358005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817358006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Aldon Lynn Nielsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926492283135,"sku":"9780817358006","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b7c4060c-4b1a-4745-b759-c89bc8e604d5.jpg?v=1681083374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-i-say-aldon-lynn-nielsen-9780817358006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}