Post-jazz poetics :

Ryan, Jennifer D., 1974-

Post-jazz poetics : a social history / Jennifer D. Ryan. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xi, 225 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index.

Introduction: How do I make that sound? a new feminist poetics -- Finding her voice: the body politics of Sherley Anne Williams's blues -- Nationhood re-formed: revolutionary style and practice in Sonia Sanchez's jazz poetics -- Talk to me: ecofeminist disruptions in the jazz poetry of Jayne Cortez -- Shape-shifting: the urban geographies of Wanda Coleman's jazz poetry -- Jazz's word for it: Harryette Mullen and the politics of intellectualism -- Conclusion: "Too many books for our eyes": future politics, future poetries.

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Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-1999 --Criticism and interpretation.
Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- --Criticism and interpretation.
Cortez, Jayne--Criticism and interpretation.
Coleman, Wanda--Criticism and interpretation.
Mullen, Harryette Romell--Criticism and interpretation.


American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.
American poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.
Jazz in literature.
Literature and society--History--United States--20th century.
African American women--Intellectual life--20th century.
Feminism and literature--History--United States--20th century.
Poetics--History--20th century.
Music and literature--History--20th century.

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