A Black Arts Poetry Machine - Amiri Baraka and the Umbra Poets (Paperback)

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. Bringing together new archival research and detailed close readings of poetry, A Black Arts Poetry Machine 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.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics
Release date:	August 2020
Authors:	David Grundy
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-17838-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
LSN:	1-350-17838-1
Barcode:	9781350178380

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