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020 $a9781628973587$qpaperback
035 $a(OCoLC)1122188052
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100 1 $aReed, Ishmael,$d1938-$eauthor.
245 10 $aWhy the black hole sings the blues :$bpoems, 2007-2020 /$cIshmael Reed.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aMcLean, IL :$bDalkey Archive Press,$c2020.
300 $axxvi, 169 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"The poems in this collection were written between 2007 and 2020. When asked to describe the poems here, Ishmael Reed wrote: 'The poems are based on events that occurred around the house to cataclysmic space events. Some of the poems were commissioned. "Moving Richmond" was part of a public art installation created by Mildred Howard. The poem, in huge letters forged into weathering steel billboards greets passengers who enter the new Bay Area mass transit hub in Richmond. Other poems were commissioned by musicians. "Hope Is The Thing With Feathers" was performed by Gregory Porter. "Red Summer, 2015" appeared in print first and then was set to music by David Murray. The longest poem in the book, "Jazz Martyrs," was begun when I learned about the number of black Jazz greats who didn't live past the age of forty. I have been fortunate to live beyond the age of 80. I've found out who my best friends are. The ones who got me there.'"--Back cover.
650 0 $aAmerican poetry$xAfrican American authors.
650 7 $aAmerican poetry$xAfrican American authors.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00807349
655 7 $aPoetry.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423828
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852 00 $bglx$hPS3568.E365$iW49 2020