A Black arts poetry machine : Amiri Baraka and the Umbra Poets / David Grundy.

"A vital hub of poetry readings, performance, publications and radical politics in 1960s New York, the Umbra Workshop was a cornerstone of the African American avant-garde. Bringing together new archival research and detailed close readings of poetry, A Black Arts Poetry Machine is a groundbreaking...

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Uniform Title:Bloomsbury studies in critical poetics.
Main Author: Grundy, David (Poet) (Author)
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
Series:Bloomsbury studies in critical poetics.
Subjects:
Umbra Poets Workshop.
American poetry > African American authors > 20th century > History and criticism.
American poetry > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism.
African American poets > New York (State) > New York.
African American poets.
American poetry.
American poetry > African American authors.
New York (State) > New York.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:viii, 264 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
"A vital hub of poetry readings, performance, publications and radical politics in 1960s New York, the Umbra Workshop was a cornerstone of the African American avant-garde. Bringing together new archival research and detailed close readings of poetry, A Black Arts Poetry Machine is a groundbreaking study of this important but neglected group of poets. David Grundy explores the work of such poets as Amiri Baraka, Lorenzo Thomas and Calvin Hernton and how their innovative poetic forms engaged with radical political responses to state violence and urban insurrection. Through this examination, the book highlights the continuing relevance of the work of the Umbra Workshop today and is essential reading for anyone interested in 20th-century American poetry"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:PS310.N4 G78 2019
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781350061965
1350061964