Olio /

"Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an effort to understand how they met, resisted,...

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Main Author:	Jess, Tyehimba (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Seattle : Wave Books, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	American Civil War (1861-1865) World War (1914-1918) United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Poetry. African Americans > Social life and customs > 19th century > Poetry. World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African American > Poetry. African Americans in the performing arts > 19th century > Poetry. African Americans in the performing arts > 20th century > Poetry. African American entertainers > 19th century > Poetry. African American entertainers. African Americans in the performing arts. African Americans > Social life and customs. Military participation > African American. United States. African Americans > Poetry. 1800 - 1999 American poetry > African American authors. American poetry > 21st century. Poetry. History.

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Summary:	"Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes defeated attempts to minstrelize them,"--Amazon.com.
Physical Description:	235 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-230).
ISBN:	9781940696225 (hardcover) 1940696224 (hardcover) 9781940696201 (softcover) 1940696208 (softcover)