The Muse is Music: Jazz Poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to Spoken Word (New Black Studies Series)

This wide-ranging, ambitiously interdisciplinary study traces jazz's influence on African American poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary spoken word poetry. Examining established poets such as Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, and Nathaniel Mackey as well as a generation of up-and-coming contemporary writers and performers, Meta DuEwa Jones highlights the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality within the jazz tradition and its r...

By Meta DuEwa Jones
Series: New Black Studies Series
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: University of Illinois Press; 1st edition (June 30, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0252036212
ISBN-13: 978-0252036217
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 4747896
Format: PDF ePub TXT book

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Jones is brilliant! Her prose sings. This book is inspiring, smart, and unique.

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