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Olio

"Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicat...

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Main Author: Jess, Tyehimba (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : Wave Books, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Poetry.
African Americans > Social life and customs > 19th century > Poetry.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African American > Poetry.
African Americans in the performing arts > 19th century > Poetry.
African Americans in the performing arts > 20th century > Poetry.
African American entertainers > 19th century > Poetry.
Poetry.
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Summary:"Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes defeated attempts to minstrelize them, "--Amazon.com.
Physical Description:235 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-230).
ISBN:9781940696225
1940696224
9781940696201
1940696208
Author Notes:Tyehimba Jess received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and a master's degree in fine arts from New York University. He is a poet. His books include leadbelly and Olio, which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2017.

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