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paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. No Jacket. First Edition. Middletown. 2023. August 2023. Wesleyan University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780819500366. Series: Wesleyan Poetry Series. 10 b&w halftones. Edited by David Grundy and Lauri Scheyer. Foreword by Ishmael Reed. 256 pages. paperback. k…eywords: African American Poetry. DESCRIPTION - This volume promises to be the definitive guide to Calvin C. Hernton's unparalleled poetic career, re-introducing readers to a major voice in American poetry. Hernton was a cofounder of the Umbra Poets Workshop; a participant in the Black Arts Movement, R. D. Laing's Kingsley Hall, and the Antiuniversity of London; and a teacher at Oberlin College who counted amongst his friends bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Odetta. As a pioneer in the field of Black Studies, Hernton developed a theoretical and practical pedagogy with lasting impact on generations of students. He may be best known as an anti-sexist sociologist, following in the footsteps of W.E.B. Du Bois, but Hernton viewed himself, above all, as a poet. This volume includes a generous selection of Hernton's previously published poems, from classics like the often anthologized The Distant Drum to the visionary epicThe Coming of Chronos totheHouse of Nightsong,reprinted in full for the first time since 1964, alongside uncollected and unpublished material from the Calvin C. Hernton papers at Ohio University, a new critical introduction, and detailed notes, chronology, and bibliography. inventory #47873.
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Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton
Hernton, Calvin C.; Grundy, David (EDT); Scheyer, Lauri (EDT); Reed, Ishmael (FRW)
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Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton
Hernton, Calvin C.; Grundy, David (EDT); Scheyer, Lauri (EDT); Reed, Ishmael (FRW)
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Classic and new work by poet and jazz writer A. B. Spellman/>/>A. B. Spellman is an acclaimed American poet, music critic, and arts administrator. He is widely recognized as a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, a cultural and literary movement that emphasized B…lack identity, pride, and artistic expression. Between the Night and Its Music brings together A. B. Spellman's early work with a collection of powerful new poems. Spellman's literary career took flight in 1965 with his debut poetry collection, The Beautiful Days, which introduced his distinctive voice blending elements of jazz, blues, and African oral traditions. In 1966, Four Lives in the Bebop Business established Spellman as a respected music critic and scholar. It was a groundbreaking work that chronicled the lives and struggles of four influential jazz musicians. Spellman held senior positions at the National Endowment for the Arts for thirty years with lasting impact on arts funding for inner cities and rural and tribal communities. In addition to poems from The Beautiful Days (1965) and Things I Must Have Known (2008), this book contains a trove of new and uncollected poems, confirming Spellman's continued centrality to contemporary American literature. This is an essential volume for readers already familiar with Spellman, and an excellent introduction for new readers. Lauri Scheyer's introduction situates Spellman's work within jazz writing, Black Arts, and American poetry broadly./>/>[sample text]/>/>THE TWIST/>/>a dancer's world/>is walls, movement/>confined: music/>/>god's last breath./>rhythm: the last beating/>of his heart. a dancer/>/>follows that sound, blind/>to its source, toward walls/>with others. she cannot dance alone/>/>she thinks of thought/>as windows, as ice around the dance/>can you break it? move "A comprehensive collection of the poetry of A. B. Spellman, who is an influential poet with a long career reaching. His work is a bridge between the New American Poetry counterculture of the 1950s and the 1960s and the Black Arts Movement"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Wesleyan University Press, 2023. 9780819500366, 2023
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8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xxxii + 222 (no inscriptions).
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Paperback. Condition: New. The definitive guide to a major African American poet//This volume promises to be the definitive guide to Calvin C. Hernton's unparalleled poetic career, re-introducing readers to a major voice in American poetry. Hernton was a cofounder of the Umbra Poets Workshop; a participant in the Black Arts Move…ment, R. D. Laing's Kingsley Hall, and the Antiuniversity of London; and a teacher at Oberlin College who counted amongst his friends bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Odetta. As a pioneer in the field of Black Studies, Hernton developed a theoretical and practical pedagogy with lasting impact on generations of students. He may be best known as an anti-sexist sociologist, following in the footsteps of W.E.B. Du Bois, but Hernton viewed himself, above all, as a poet. This volume includes a generous selection of Hernton's previously published poems, from classics like the often anthologized "The Distant Drum" to the visionary epic The Coming of Chronos to the House of Nightsong, reprinted in full for the first time since 1964, alongside uncollected and unpublished material from the Calvin C. Hernton papers at Ohio University, a new critical introduction, and detailed notes, chronology, and bibliography.//[sample poem]//The Distant Drum//I am not a metaphor or symbol./This you hear is not the wind in the trees./Nor a cat being maimed in the street./I am being maimed in the street/It is I who weep, laugh, feel pain or joy./Speak this because I exist./This is my voice/These words are my words, my mouth/Speaks them, my hand writes./I am a poet./It is my fist you hear beating/Against your ear.
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Paperback. Condition: New. The definitive guide to a major African American poet//This volume promises to be the definitive guide to Calvin C. Hernton's unparalleled poetic career, re-introducing readers to a major voice in American poetry. Hernton was a cofounder of the Umbra Poets Workshop; a participant in the Black Arts Move…ment, R. D. Laing's Kingsley Hall, and the Antiuniversity of London; and a teacher at Oberlin College who counted amongst his friends bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Odetta. As a pioneer in the field of Black Studies, Hernton developed a theoretical and practical pedagogy with lasting impact on generations of students. He may be best known as an anti-sexist sociologist, following in the footsteps of W.E.B. Du Bois, but Hernton viewed himself, above all, as a poet. This volume includes a generous selection of Hernton's previously published poems, from classics like the often anthologized "The Distant Drum" to the visionary epic The Coming of Chronos to the House of Nightsong, reprinted in full for the first time since 1964, alongside uncollected and unpublished material from the Calvin C. Hernton papers at Ohio University, a new critical introduction, and detailed notes, chronology, and bibliography.//[sample poem]//The Distant Drum//I am not a metaphor or symbol./This you hear is not the wind in the trees./Nor a cat being maimed in the street./I am being maimed in the street/It is I who weep, laugh, feel pain or joy./Speak this because I exist./This is my voice/These words are my words, my mouth/Speaks them, my hand writes./I am a poet./It is my fist you hear beating/Against your ear.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The definitive guide to a major African American poet/>/>This volume promises to be the definitive guide to Calvin C. Hernton's unparalleled poetic career, re-introducing readers to a major voice in American poetry. Hernton was a cofounder of the Umbra Poets Workshop; a participant in the Bl…ack Arts Movement, R. D. Laing's Kingsley Hall, and the Antiuniversity of London; and a teacher at Oberlin College who counted amongst his friends bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Odetta. As a pioneer in the field of Black Studies, Hernton developed a theoretical and practical pedagogy with lasting impact on generations of students. He may be best known as an anti-sexist sociologist, following in the footsteps of W.E.B. Du Bois, but Hernton viewed himself, above all, as a poet. This volume includes a generous selection of Hernton's previously published poems, from classics like the often anthologized "The Distant Drum" to the visionary epic The Coming of Chronos to the House of Nightsong, reprinted in full for the first time since 1964, alongside uncollected and unpublished material from the Calvin C. Hernton papers at Ohio University, a new critical introduction, and detailed notes, chronology, and bibliography./>/>[sample poem]/>/>The Distant Drum/>/>I am not a metaphor or symbol./>This you hear is not the wind in the trees./>Nor a cat being maimed in the street./>I am being maimed in the street/>It is I who weep, laugh, feel pain or joy./>Speak this because I exist./>This is my voice/>These words are my words, my mouth/>Speaks them, my hand writes./>I am a poet./>It is my fist you hear beating/>Against your ear. "This volume gathers Hernton's poetic work from 1954 through to 1999-including uncollected poems and the complete text of Hernton's debut chapbook along with poems from Hernton's personal papers. The volume contains a chronology of Hernton's life and career, as well as editorial information with literary analysis and historical background"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton
Hernton, Calvin C./ Grundy, David (Editor)/ Scheyer, Lauri (Editor)/ Reed, Ishmael (Foreward By)
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Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Calvin C. Hernton, Ishmael Reed, David Grundy, Lauri Scheyer
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