A beat beyond : the selected prose of Major Jackson
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Author
Contributors
Kohli, Amor, 1970- editor.
Published
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
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Book
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pages cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Carpenter-Carse Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 818 Jac | On Shelf |
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Published
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Street Date
2208
Language
English
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"In this collection of essays, interviews, and notes, Major Jackson revels in the work of poetry not only to limn and assess the intellectual and spiritual dimensions of poets, but to amplify the controversies and inner conflicts that define our age: political unrest, climate crises, the fallout from bewildering traumas, and the social function of the art of poetry itself. Accessible and critically minded, Jackson returns to the poem as an unparalleled source of linguistic pleasure that structures a multilayered "lyric self." In his interviews, Jackson illustrates poetry's distinct ability to mediate the inexplicable while foregrounding the possibilities of human song. Collected over several decades, these essays find Jackson praising mythmaking in Frank Bidart and Ai's poetry, expressing bafflement at the silence of white-identified poets in the cause of social and racial justice, unearthing the politics behind Gwendolyn Brooks's Pulitzer Prize, and marveling at the "hallucinatory speed of thought" in a diverse range of poets including Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Brenda Hillman, Afaa Michael Weaver, Forrest Gander, and Terrance Hayes. This collection passionately surveys the radical shifts of the art and notes poetry as a necessity for a modern sensibility"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jackson, M., & Kohli, A. (2022). A beat beyond: the selected prose of Major Jackson . University of Michigan Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jackson, Major, 1968- and Amor Kohli. 2022. A Beat Beyond: The Selected Prose of Major Jackson. University of Michigan Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jackson, Major, 1968- and Amor Kohli. A Beat Beyond: The Selected Prose of Major Jackson University of Michigan Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jackson, Major, and Amor Kohli. A Beat Beyond: The Selected Prose of Major Jackson University of Michigan Press, 2022.
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