The Jazz Poetry Anthology
By Sascha Feinstein (Editor); Yusef Komunyakaa (Editor)
(Indiana University Press, Paperback, 9780253206374, 320pp.)
Publication Date: June 1991
Categories: Anthologies (multiple authors)
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..". in a class by itself... sensitive, moving, and powerful jazzimagery... the perfect companion to listening to good jazz." -- JazzizMagazine
"In the course of the history of jazz, there havebeen only a few articles that get to the core of the meaning of jazz. These poemshit it right on the head, and the book is certainly essential for anyone who isinterested in our music." -- Dizzy Gillespie
"To thoseinterested in the impact of jazz upon the poetry of our century I recommend thisanthology altogether without reservation." -- John Lucas, JazzTimes
..". essential... Its virtues are varied andcopious, and not the least among them is discovering a writer whose work is new toyou." -- Los Angeles Reader
"What makes this work mostenjoyable is knowing the music and musicians and using that knowledge to understandand judge the poets' reactions to the elements in the music that please and inspireus." -- MultiCultural Review
"Filled with a variety of form, rhythm, and sound, this anthology is an absolute MUST for anyone who is evenremotely interested in jazz and modern literature." -- DavidBaker
Since the turn of the century, poets have responded to jazzin all its musical and cultural overtones. The poems here cover the range of jazzitself: from early blues to free jazz and experimental music. Among the 132 poetsincluded are James Baldwin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Langston Hughes, Jack Kerouac, Mina Loy, Ishmael Reed, and Sonia Sanchez. This anthology represents the broadappreciation for jazz as poetic inspiration, not only from the Beat movement butfrom writers across the decades and around the world.
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1Q84 Haruki Murakami Knopf |
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The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
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The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes Knopf |
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Death Comes to Pemberley PD James Knopf |
