Yusef Komunyakaa
Blue Notes: Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries
- ISBN 13:
- 9780472066513
- author:
- Yusef Komunyakaa
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Michigan Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions:
- 20.32 x 13.77 x 1.32 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, African-American Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Yusef Komunyakaa's Blue Notes is a collection of essays, interviews, and commentaries that explore his approach to contemporary poetry and music. The book is divided into four sections, each offering a unique perspective on the poet's work. The first section features essays on influential poets and musicians, including Langston Hughes and Thelonious Monk, while the second section presents Komunyakaa's own poems alongside his commentary on their meaning. The third section includes interviews that reveal the development of the poet's aesthetic sensibility, and the final section offers four artistic explorations that reflect Komunyakaa's current interests. Through this diverse range of writings, Komunyakaa shares his vision for a poetry that reflects the complexities of experience, rather than relying on traditional stylistic conventions.
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