Ted Joans
Black POW-Wow: Jazz Poems
- ISBN 13:
- 9780809000937
- author:
- Ted Joans
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Hill and Wang
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1976
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions:
- 21.69 x 14.07 x 1.02 centimetres
- Genre:
- Poetry, American, African American,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Ted Joans' Black Pow-Wow is a powerful collection of poetry that blends the rhythms of jazz music with unflinching honesty. Written by one of the first Beat poets, this book showcases Joans' unique style, which anticipated the spoken word movement and spoke truth to power. The poems within, including "Jazz Is My Religion" and "Passed On Blues: Homage to a Poet", offer a glimpse into Joans' life, travels, and artistic vision, as well as his relationships with fellow artists and thinkers of the time.
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