Description
| Product ID: | 9781841597584 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Series: | Everyman's Library POCKET POETS |
| Title: | Blues Poems |
| Authors: | Author: Kevin Young |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Poetry, Poetry |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The blues has left an indelible mark on the work of a diverse range of poets: from "The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes and "Funeral Blues" by W. The blues has left an indelible mark on the work of a diverse range of poets: from "The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes and "Funeral Blues" by W. H. Auden, to "Blues on Yellow" by Marilyn Chin and "Reservation Blues" by Sherman Alexie. Here are blues-influenced and blues--inflected poems from, among others, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, June Jordan, Richard Wright, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Wright, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Cornelius Eady. And here, too, are classic song lyrics-poems in their own right-from Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, and Muddy Waters. |
| Imprint Name: | Everyman's Library |
| Publisher Name: | Everyman |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-09-04 |
