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What I Say - Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America (Paperback, 2)
Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetics
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What I Say is an anthology of formally experimental and innovative
poetry by black writers in America from 1977 to the present that
allows readers to map the independent routes by which various
poets reached their particular modes of aesthetic experimentation.
What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America 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,
Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone, covers the period from the end of World
War II to the mid-1970s. In What I Say, editors Aldon Lynn Nielsen
and Lauri Ramey have assembled a comprehensive and dynamic
collection that brings this pivotal work up to the present day. The
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 What I
Say 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 non-canonical
forms. This invigorating panoply of work, when restored, brings
into focus the creatively elastic frontiers and multifaceted
expressions of contemporary black poetry. Several of the poets
discussed in What I Say 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. Each
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. What I Say 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 non-narrative forms, Afro-futurism, and what lies between the
modern and the contemporary in global and localized writing
practices.
General
Imprint: |
The University of Alabama Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Modern and Contemporary Poetics |
Release date: |
June 2015 |
Editors: |
Aldon Lynn Nielsen
• Lauri Ramey
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Series editors: |
Charles Bernstein
• Hank Lazer
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
328 |
Edition: |
2 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8173-5800-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8173-5800-5 |
Barcode: |
9780817358006 |
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