Some other blues : new perspectives on Amiri Baraka /

"Scholars and critics draw upon Amiri Baraka's oeuvre to reassess his political and literary legacy"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Marcoux, Jean-Philippe, 1977- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Baraka, Amiri, > 1934-2014 > Criticism and interpretation. Baraka, Amiri, > 1934-2014 > Political and social views. Baraka, Amiri, > 1934-2014. African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century. African American authors > 20th century. Jazz in literature. Black power > United States > History > 20th century. African American authors. African Americans > Intellectual life. Black power. Political and social views. United States. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of Contents:

Foreword: We Seen It, Too / Fred Moten
Introduction / Jean-Philippe Marcoux
Amiri Baraka Among the Bohemians: 27 Cooper Square / William J. Harris
Kulchur Wars / Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Other Autobiographies: Racial and Spiritual Consciousness and the Prism of Identity in Amiri Baraka's Persons / Kathy Lou Schultz
Baraka, Cullen, Trethewey: Incidents / Tyrone Williams
Legitimate Black Heroes: Amiri Baraka's Prescient Views on the Politics of Sports / Emily Ruth Rutter
Hegel off the Tracks / Jeremy Matthew Glick
The Five Spot Café / William J. Harris
Of Langston and Langston Manifestos: Langston Hughes and the Revolutionary Jazz Poetry of Amiri Baraka / John Lowney
Amiri Baraka and the Dream of Unity Music / Grégory Pierrot
A Marching Song for Some Strange Uncharted Country: The Black Nation, Black Revolution, and Amiri Baraka's Liner Notes / James Smethurst
Baraka's Speculative Revolutions / Benjamin Lee
Black and Blues: Amiri Baraka and Gil Scott-Heron's Political Poetry / Michael J. New
Pick Up Them Cliffords: Amiri Baraka, Clifford Brown, and the Coinage of Currency / Aidan Levy
We Are the (Rhythm and) Blues / Anthony Reed
The Legacy and Place of Amiri Baraka / Lauri Scheyer
Anthologizing the Poetry of Amiri Baraka, 1960-2018 / Howard Rambsy II
Black (Feminist) Art: Contemporary Black Female Poets Speak Back to Baraka / Laura Vrana
Black Magic: Evolving Notions of Gender and Sexuality in the Work of Amiri Baraka / Amy Abugo Ongiri
Amina Baraka: The Woman Who Guided the Ship / Kim McMillon
Amiri Baraka: Mentoring as Revolutionary Praxis / Michael Simanga
The Overlooked Spirit Reach of Amiri Baraka's Terribleness / Kalamu ya Salaam
Blues/Funk Outro: Amiri Baraka as Cultural Philosopher / Tony Bolden.