Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota

by Alexs Pate (Editor)

Other authorsGordon Parks (Contributor), David Grant (Contributor), David Haynes (Contributor), G. E. Patterson (Contributor), Anthony Porter (Contributor), Pamela Fletcher (Editor), Davida Adedjouma (Contributor), Clarence White (Contributor), Etheridge Knight (Contributor), Taylor Gordon (Contributor), Taiyon Coleman (Contributor)31 more, Evelyn Fairbanks (Contributor), Philip Bryant (Contributor), Kim Hines (Contributor), Lloyd Brown (Contributor), Mary Moore Easter (Contributor), Nellie Stone Johnson (Contributor), Andrea Jenkins (Contributor), Angela Shannon (Contributor), E. G. Bailey (Contributor), Shannon Gibney (Contributor), Conrad Balfour (Contributor), Carolyn Holbrook (Contributor), J. Otis Powell! (Editor), Louis Alemayehu (Contributor), Craig Green (Contributor), Laurie Carlos (Contributor), Gabrielle Civil (Contributor), Kyra Crawford-Calvert (Contributor), Libby Green (Contributor), Steven Holbrook (Contributor), Kemet Imhotep (Contributor), Tish Jones (Contributor), Arleta Little (Contributor), Roy McBride (Contributor), Louis Porter II (Contributor), Rohan Preston (Contributor), Ralph Remington (Contributor), Susan J. Smith-Grier (Contributor), Shá Cage (Contributor), Frank B. Wilderson Iii (Contributor), Kofi Bobby Hickman (Contributor)
Paperback, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

810.8 P copy 2

Publication

Minnesota Historical Society Press (2015), Edition: 1, 304 pages

Barcode

A 1869

Description

"A rich Minnesota literary tradition is brought into the spotlight in this groundbreaking collection of incisive prose and powerful poetry by forty- three black writers who educate, inspire, and reveal the unabashed truth. Historically significant figures tell their stories, demonstrating how much and how little conditions have changed: Gordon Parks hitchhikes to Bemidji,Taylor Gordon describes his first day as a chauffeur in St. Paul, and Nellie Stone Johnson insists on escaping the farm for high school in Minneapolis. A profusionof modern voices-- poet Tish Jones, playwright Kim Hines, and memoirist Frank Wilderson-- reflect the dizzying, complex realities of the present. Showcasing the unique vision and reality of Minnesota's African American community from the Harlem renaissance through the civil rights movement, from the black power movement to the era of hip- hop and the time of America's first black president, this compelling anthology provides an explosion of artistic expression about what it means to be a Minnesotan. Alexs Pate, an award- winning novelist, playwright, and writing professor, is the president of Innocent Technologies, LLC. Pamela R. Fletcher is associate professor of English at St. Catherine University. J. Otis Powell!? is a poet, performance artist, and curator working in an aesthetic rooted in Afrocentric lore and culture"-- "A rich Minnesota literary tradition is brought into the spotlight in this groundbreaking collection of incisive prose and powerful poetry by forty-three black writers who educate, inspire, and reveal the unabashed truth"--… (more)

ISBN

0873519736 / 9780873519731

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