Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me - African American Narrative Poetry From Oral Tradition

The classic work on African American toasts, the predecessor of rap.

About the author

Bruce Jackson is SUNY Distinguished Professor and the James Agee Professor of American Culture at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His numerous books include American Chartres: Buffalo's Waterfront Grain Elevators; The Story is True: The Art and Meaning of Telling Stories, Second Edition; Ways of the Hand: A Photographer's Memoir; and Voices from Death Row, Second Edition (with Diane Christian), all published by SUNY Press. He lives in Buffalo, New York.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Jackson, Jackson Bruce
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781438496559
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9655-9
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: Excelsior Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; USA, Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), POETRY / American / African American & Black, Black & Asian Studies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)