Download or read book Every Goodbye Ain t Gone written by Aldon Lynn Nielsen and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2006-02-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases brilliant and experimental work in African American poetry. Just prior to the Second World War, and even more explosively in the 1950s and 1960s, a far-reaching revolution in aesthetics and prosody by black poets ensued, some working independently and others in organized groups. Little of this new work was reflected in the anthologies and syllabi of college English courses of the period. Even during the 1970s, when African American literature began to receive substantial critical attention, the work of many experimental black poets continued to be neglected. Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone presents the groundbreaking work of many of these poets who carried on the innovative legacies of Melvin Tolson, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Robert Hayden. Whereas poetry by such key figures such as Amiri Baraka, Tolson, Jayne Cortez, Clarence Major, and June Jordan is represented, this anthology also elevates into view the work of less studied poets such as Russell Atkins, Jodi Braxton, David Henderson, Bob Kaufman, Stephen Jonas, and Elouise Loftin. Many of the poems collected in the volume are currently unavailable and some will appear in print here for the first time. Coeditors Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Lauri Ramey provide a critical introduction that situates the poems historically and highlights the ways such poetry has been obscured from view by recent critical and academic practices. The result is a record of experimentation, instigation, and innovation that links contemporary African American poetry to its black modernist roots and extends the terms of modern poetics into the future.
Download or read book Every Goodbye Ain t Gone written by Joseph Nazel and published by Holloway House Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "They said he was crazy, but he was merely mad, angry at the racist insanity he saw around him in the South of the '60s. They arrested him for fire-bombing a segregated toilet and put him away in a mental hospital, aptly named 'Limbo.' Released ten years later, he goes home to the housing projects of South Central Los Angeles, where he witnesses an entirely different kind of insanity--a black-on-black cruelty even more destructive than what he had gone south to protest."--Publisher's note on back cover
Download or read book Every Goodbye Ain t Gone written by Njeriit and published by . This book was released on 1997-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Every Goodbye Ain t Always Forever written by Kesh Nicole and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Da'Cree Jones had to get away from Devin before harm came her way. The life he was living would end up killing her. She left New Orleans to break all ties from him and to start a new life in Florida. Six years later, she found herself returning back to the Big Easy. She thought she was done with her past, but Devin managed to find her and the pain from her past resurfaced again. Jay is a street dude turned business man. He vows to leave the thug mentality behind him and earn his money the right way. After falling in love with Cree, Jay realizes that somethings just can't be left behind. Somethings has to be handled. He would have to handle them the only way he knew how, by getting his hands dirty. Devin started off as a dope boy that took over the block, but the way you gain your empire can be the same way you will lose it. When Cree left him six years ago, he never thought their life would come full circle. Goodbye was supposed to be life-long for Devin and Cree, But Every Goodbye Aint Forever.
Download or read book Every Goodbye Ain t Gone written by Joseph Nazel and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heartstrings written by Jim Small and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry and photography are universal languages spoken from the heart. When they converse together, the can flow like song. In this book, Heartstrings, you will meet siblings, a sister and brother who have joined forces to share their visions of life through their use of the lens and the pen. Although they live two thousand miles apart, they are able to combine their artistry in a way that brings their images and words together. Now this union has made it possible for you to make the journey as well, with beautiful and sometimes painful views into the world we live.
Download or read book Back 2 1 I Invite You Into My Serenity written by Deborah Chenault Green and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of forty-eight, I thought my dreams were over. Depressed, physically ill and emotionally bruised, I had all but given up. I had no hope and felt destined to a life of misery and gloom. Then something happened, I began to hear a voice speak to me. Was I crazy? God doesn't speak to "ordinary" people, does he? Well, he was speaking to me. At first I didn't know what to think, what to do, but then He told me to look back over my life and tell Him what I saw. What I saw was not what I expected; what I saw was evidence of God's goodness throughout my life. That's when I began to thank and praise Him. From that day my life changed drastically, on every level, in every aspect. I began to look at life in a new way, a more positive way. The more positive I began to think, the more positive things started to occur in my life. Those conversations with God led to the writing of this book. I am a mother of four, grandmother of ten and daughter of the strongest woman I know. I have been through many life struggles, as have we all. I became a writer by divine intervention, after adopting an attitude of gratitude. I don't profess to be a literary scholar; I only proclaim that I am a testimony to turning victimization into victory. I live in Detroit, Michigan, where I was born and raised.
Download or read book African American Proverbs in Context written by Anand Prahlad and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1996 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking study of proverbs in African-American speech from slave times to the present.
Download or read book Martin Luther King Jr Heroism and African American Literature written by Trudier Harris and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defiance of the law, uses of indirection, moral lapses, and bad habits are as much a part of the folk-transmitted biography of King as they are a part of writers' depictions of him in literary texts. Harris first demonstrates that during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, when writers such as Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) were rising stars in African American poetry, King's philosophy of nonviolence was out of step with prevailing notions of militancy (Black Power), and their literature reflected that division. In the quieter times of the 1970s and 1980s and into the twenty-first century, however, treatments of King and his philosophy in African American literature changed. Writers who initially rejected him and nonviolence became ardent admirers and boosters, particularly in the years following his assassination. By the 1980s, many writers skeptical about King had reevaluated him and began to address him as a fallen hero.
Download or read book Every Good bye Ain t Gone written by Itabari Njeri and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1991 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Every Goodbye Ain t Gone written by Brey and published by . This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Every Goodbye Ain't Gone Tori Maxwell is head-over-heels for Spencer McNeel, a bad boy trying to live the straight and narrow life. She consciously ignores the signs of Spencer's infidelity until she has no choice but to come face-to-face with proof of his betrayals. In despair she turns to Greyson Jarrett. Grey is everything that Tori should want in a man; attentive, attractive, and successful. However, Tori's unhealthy addiction to Spencer threatens to destroy any chance she and Grey have at the American dream of "happily ever after". When Tori is forced to choose between her obsessive love for Spencer, and Grey's devotion the consequences are deadly.
Download or read book Last Rose of Summer written by Muhyiddin Shakoor and published by Timaş Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last Rose of Summer is everyone's story. A story that embraces anyone who ever lived in a neighborhood, or feared a bully or ever wanted to love. It is a story about the extraordinary richness of ordinary-seeming people. On a journey to adulthood Carlos Jackson starts learning the art of living after he suddenly becomes smitten by Kamara, a young girl who visits her aunt next door. At a picnic, she places a single rose petal into Carlos’ hand and from this day on, roses follow Carlos through life until the last rose comes. Yet his enthrallment leads him into conflict with Blue Joe Davis, the neighborhood bully. And when he is left heartbroken by Kamara’s unexpected departure, Uncle Dan, an enigmatic old man from across the hall, comes to Carlos’ rescue. Unbeknownst to the neighborhood, Uncle Dan is the grandson of a Yoruba warrior and a master of Capoeira. Becoming the old man’s apprentice Carlos learns Capo-Kung, a martial arts hybrid reflecting art, beauty, harmony, patience, and integrity. Years later, Carlos and Kamara are reunited but Blue Joe also re-emerges bringing a new level of conflict. Set largely in the historic 1960’s, the story moves with Carlos through the urban streets of Cleveland and the lives of its colorful neighborhood folks, to war-torn rice fields of Vietnam and even further to far flung regions of Timbuktu. Sometimes you’ll be Carlos, sometimes, Kamara, and even Blue Joe perhaps. The story will surprise you. Its host of characters will delight you. It will sneak into your mind and heart. It will make you laugh and weep. Soulfully told with spectacular clarity, Last Rose of Summer flows like music you love. American writer Muhyiddin Shakoor, in his fresh and electrically exciting novel, is inviting us to row our boats gently down the stream and see that life truly is a dream.
Download or read book Every Goodbye Ain t Gone written by Brey and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tori Maxwell has an addiction that she can't control, his name is Spencer McNeel. His spirit runs through her veins and makes her hot to the touch. But the thin line between love and hate is crossed, when Tori witnesses Spencer's betrayal. She tries to say goodbye, but Spencer is not about to loose the only woman he's ever loved. And Tori has no idea how far he'll go.
Download or read book Every Goodbye Ain t Gone written by Evelyn C. White and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Every Goodbye Ain t Always Forever 2 written by Kesh Nicole and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, Loyalty, and Lies all can play a part in the downfall of your life, only if you let it... The unexpected death and return of Cory, causes things to get complicated. It is unclear who Game should trust and who is really loyal to him. Although, Cory and Colston has been his friends since they were young, he is faced with the difficult decision, life or death. When Game chooses loyalty over everything else, Cory feels the need to take matters into his own hands. After the shooting, Da'Cree isn't sure who she should trust. Loyalty is questioned amongst her circle as new faces are added, adding to an already difficult situation. Da'Cree doesn't want to go down this road again, but walking away from Jay isn't an option. The love she has for him is something she just can't let go of. She finds herself in a tight bond and ultimately will need the help of those who's loyalty she once questioned. Without them, once again, Da'Cree could potentially lose it all. Jay has a circle of individuals around him that will ride for him no matter what, this includes death. When the love he has for Cree is jeopardized, potentially causing her death, he stops at nothing to save her life. With the death of one of his closest friends, yet again, Jay's need for revenge strengthens. What do you do when those closest to you can't be trusted? When the ones you love the most will do anything to hurt you and maybe even kill you. When the trust is broken and there's nobody left in your corner. Lies will ruin the loyalty and effect the love that is supposed to be there, but no matter what you must remember that "Every Goodbye Ain't Always Forever."
Download or read book Summer on the Bluffs written by Sunny Hostin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller! The View cohost and New York Times bestselling author Sunny Hostin dazzles with this brilliant novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha's Vineyard. Welcome to Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive Black beach community in the country. Known for its gingerbread Victorian-style houses and modern architectural marvels, this picturesque town hugging the sea is a mecca for the crème de la crème of Black society—where Michelle and Barack Obama vacation and Meghan Markle has shopped for a house for her mom. Black people have lived in this pretty slip of the Vineyard since the 1600s and began buying property in the 1800s, making this posh town the embodiment of “old money.” Thirty years ago, Amelia Vaux Tanner and her husband built a house high on the bluffs, a cottage they named Chateau Laveau. For decades, “Ama” played host to American presidents, Wall Street titans, and cultural icons. But her favorite guests have always been her three “goddaughters:” Esperanza “Perry” Soto, a beautiful, talented Afro-Latina lawyer with Ama’s strong, yet guarded personality; Olivia Jones, a gifted Wall Street analyst with Ama’s brilliant, logical mind; and Billie Hayden, a gifted marine biologist and rule-breaker with Ama’s courageous free spirit. Growing up, these three goddaughters from different backgrounds came together each summer at Chateau Laveau. As adults, the cottage is a place this trio of successful yet very different women go to escape, to slow down from their hectic lives, share private time with Ama, and enjoy the gorgeous weather, cool water, and stunning views Oak Bluffs offers. This summer on the Bluffs, however, will be different. An era is ending: Ama, now nearing seventy-one, is moving to the south of France to reunite with her college sweetheart. She has invited Perry, Olivia, and Billie to spend one last golden summer together with her the way they did when they were kids. And when fall comes, she is going to give the house to one of them. Each of the women wants the house desperately. Each is grappling with a secret she fears will hurt her and her chances. By the end of summer, old ties will fray, new bonds will be created, and these three found sisters will discover they aren’t the only ones with something to hide. Ama has a few secrets of her own. What she has to give them is far more than property. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, she will tell these surrogate daughters she fiercely loves and protects everything they never knew they needed to know.
