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Garrett's first book of poems attempts to extend the tradition of the Negritude movement, but displays a sense of style uniquely his own. Utilizing a number of poetic forms, Garrett pays homage to his heroes and elders while showing his abiding love for hip-hop, injecting a sense of play into many of his poems. Garrett's poetry has been featured regularly in the media, including HBO's THE WIRE, IFC, and at the Indie Black Film Festival.
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About the Author:
Van G. Garrett was awarded a Nimrod/Hardman Writing Conference Scholarship, and Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation Scholarship, a Hurston/Wright Fellowship, and two Callaloo Creative Writing Fellowships for poetry. He is also the winner of the Danny Lee Lawrence prize for poetry, and his poems have been anthologized and published in journals both in the United States and abroad.
Review:
Some play the dozens, some play the sevens. Van G. Garrett navigates the urban landscape with poems that sound like jazz riffs dancing on paper. Van's horn is filled with the kwansabas, last heard coming from the big band directed by Eugene Redmond. Many of the poems in SONGS IN BLUE NEGRITUDE are short and compact. Easy luggage for the poetry lover on the move --E. Ethelbert Miller, author of HOW WE SLEEP ON THE NIGHTS WE DON'T MAKE LOVE
Van G. Garrett has established himself as a strong new voice rooted in the soul of the South. His poems sing like a smooth and sensual breeze blowing 'a song a soul a something worth crying about.' Sometimes jubilant, sometimes blue, always honest --Amalia L. Ortiz, HBO's Def Poetry
Garrett deals in play words, strong rhythms, clear images; his passion brings them to life. --David Gates, Newsweek
Van G. Garrett has established himself as a strong new voice rooted in the soul of the South. His poems sing like a smooth and sensual breeze blowing 'a song a soul a something worth crying about.' Sometimes jubilant, sometimes blue, always honest --Amalia L. Ortiz, HBO's Def Poetry
Garrett deals in play words, strong rhythms, clear images; his passion brings them to life. --David Gates, Newsweek
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- PublisherXavier Review Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1883275180
- ISBN 13 9781883275181
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages78
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