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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Kevin Young Klappentext Born in African American work songs, field hollers, and the powerful legacy of the spirituals, the blues traveled the country from the Mississippi delta to "Sweet Home Chicago,” forming the backbone of American music. In this anthology-the first devoted exclusively to blues poems-a wide array of poets pay tribute to the form and offer testimony to its lasting power. The blues have left an indelible mark on the work of a diverse range of poets: from "The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes and "Funeral Blues” by W. H. Auden, to "Blues on Yellow” by Marilyn Chin and "Reservation Blues” by Sherman Alexie. Here are blues-influenced and blues-inflected poems from, among others, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, June Jordan, Richard Wright, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Wright, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Cornelius Eady. And here, too, are classic song lyrics-poems in their own right-from Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, and Muddy Waters. The rich emotional palette of the blues is fully represented here in verse that pays tribute to the heart and humor of the music, and in poems that swing with its history and hard-bitten hope. Zusammenfassung In this gorgeous hardcover anthology—the first devoted exclusively to blues poems—a wide array of poets pay tribute to the form of the blues and offer testimony to its lasting power. Edited by award – winning poet Kevin Young. Born in African American work songs, field hollers, and the powerful legacy of the spirituals, the blues traveled the country from the Mississippi delta to “Sweet Home Chicago,” forming the backbone of American music. The blues have left an indelible mark on the work of a diverse range of poets: from “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes and “Funeral Blues” by W. H. Auden, to “Blues on Yellow” by Marilyn Chin and “Reservation Blues” by Sherman Alexie. Here are blues-influenced and blues-inflected poems from, among others, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, June Jordan, Richard Wright, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Wright, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Cornelius Eady. And here, too, are classic song lyrics—poems in their own right—from Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, and Muddy Waters. The rich emotional palette of the blues is fully represented here in verse that pays tribute to the heart and humor of the music, and in poems that swing with its history and hard-bitten hope. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword STANDARDS (Blues Poems before World War II) LANGSTON HUGHES The Weary Blues LANGSTON HUGHES Morning After LANGSTON HUGHES Beale Street Love LANGSTON HUGHES Song for a Dark Girl LANGSTON HUGHES Midwinter Blues LANGSTON HUGHES Too Blue LANGSTON HUGHES Note on Commercial Theatre 26 FENTON JOHNSON Tired CLAUDE MCKAY The Harlem Dancer NANCY CUNARD Memory Blues COUNTEE CULLEN Colored Blues Singer STERLING BROWN Ma Rainey STERLING BROWN Choices NICOLÁS GUILLÉN High Brown MELVIN B. TOLSON Sootie Joe MAXWELL BODENHEIM Street-level Jazz W. H. AUDEN Blues W. H. AUDEN Funeral Blues MURIEL RUKEYSER George Robinson: Blues LEOPOLD SENGHOR Ndéssé, or “Blues” OWEN DODSON Guitar CHARLES EDWARD SMITH Blues Stanzas RICHARD WRIGHT AND LANGSTON HUGHES Red Clay Blues RICHARD WRIGHT The FB Eye Blues VINCENT MCHUGH Dicty Blues WARING CUNEY Down-home Boy WARING CUNEY Carry Me Back WARING CUNEY Let Me Tell You Blues Singers Something GWENDOLYN BROOKS Queen of the Blues SOME SONGS W. C. HANDY St. Louis Blues MAMIE SMITH Cr...
