The Whiskey Of Our Discontent

Gwendolyn Brooks as Conscience and Change Agent

Quraysh Ali Lansana, Georgia Popoff (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

220 Seiten

2017
Haymarket Books (Verlag)
978-1-60846-763-1 (ISBN)

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Reflections on the profound influence of poet, educator, and social activist Gwendolyn Brooks through examinations of her life and work. Poet, educator, and social activist Gwendolyn Brooks was a singular force in American culture. The first black woman to be named United States poet laureate, Brook's poetry, fiction, and social commentary shed light on the beauty of humanity, the distinct qualities of black life and community, and the destructive effects of racism, sexism, and class inequality. A collection of thirty essays combining critical analysis and personal reflection, The Whiskey of Our Discontent, presents essential elements of Brooks' oeuvre on race, gender, class, community, and poetic craft, while also examining her life as poet, reporter, mentor, sage, activist, and educator. Quraysh Ali Lansana has written and edited more than a dozen books to include BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip Hop. He teaches writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chi

Quraysh Ali Lansana has written and edited over a dozen books. He teaches writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Recent titles include The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip Hop. Georgia A. Popoff, is a poet, educator, and editor, whose third collection is Psalter: The Agnostic’s Book of Common Curiosities. She co-authored Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom & Community, with Quraysh Ali Lansana. Sonia Sanchez-award-winning poet, activist, scholar, and formerly the Laura Carnell professor of English and women's studies at Temple University-is the author of sixteen books, including Like the Singing Coming off the Drums, Does Your House Have Lions?, Wounded in the House of a Friend, and Shake Loose My Skin.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.06.2017
Verlagsort	Chicago
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-60846-763-5 / 1608467635
ISBN-13	978-1-60846-763-1 / 9781608467631
Zustand	Neuware