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Notes to make the sound come right : four innovators of jazz poetry /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, T. J., III, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2004.
Subjects:
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Jazz in literature.
Mackey, Nathaniel, > 1947- > Criticism and interpretation.
Music and literature > History > 20th century.
Cortez, Jayne > Criticism and interpretation.
Jonas, Stephen. > Exercises for ear.
Kaufman, Bob. > Golden sardine.
Table of Contents:
  • The jazz impulse in poetry
  • Voices crossing over : a historical overview of jazz poetry
  • Body and soul : Bob Kaufman's Golden sardine
  • Now's the time : Stephen Jonas's Exercises for ear
  • Hot house : Jayne Cortez and the music of illumination
  • Interstellar space : Nathaniel Mackey's Musical weave
  • Coda : the mixtery of jazz poetry.