The Grey Album - 9781555976071
Un libro in lingua di Kevin Young edito da Graywolf Pr, 2012
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*A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Literary Criticism and Essays Pick for Spring 2012*
The first work of prose by the brilliant poet Kevin Young, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize
Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mashup of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical choruses to illustrate the African American tradition of lying—storytelling, telling tales, fibbing, improvising, “jazzing.” What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture is American culture, and for the centrality of art—and artfulness—to our daily life. Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young sifts through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix, the grey areas of our history, literature, and music.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Grey Album
- Sottotitolo: On the Blackness of Blackness
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Kevin Young
- Editore: Graywolf Pr
- Collana: Graywolf Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 13 Marzo '12
- Genere: LITERARY COLLECTIONS
- Pagine: 483
- ISBN-10: 1555976077
- EAN-13: 9781555976071