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Olio

text Olio

Summary: "Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an e... Read more

Contents: Fisk Jubilee Proclamation -- Julius Monroe Trotter submission to The Crisis -- Jubilee Blues -- Blind Tom plays for Confederate troops, 1863 -- General James Bethune and John Bethune introduce Blind Tom -- What marked Tom? -- Mark Twain v. Blind T... Read more

Format: text

Description: 235 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Publisher: Wave Books 2016

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	811 JES in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	811 JES in Adult Non-fiction	Available

American poetry-African American authors American poetry-21st century Poetry. History. Poetry.

African Americans Social life and customs 19th century Poetry World War, 1914-1918 Participation, African American Poetry African Americans in the performing arts 19th century Poetry African Americans in the performing arts 20th century Poetry African American entertainers 19th century Poetry United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Poetry African Americans Poetry

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