Download or read book poet Savior rapper written by Judy Kathleen Thompson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spiritually guided love story of gapper/rapper Savannah, and Johnny, a handsome Army vet who once was a true believer but is now on his way to manmade destiny because he has fleetingly forgotten what he used to remember so well. Savannah lives with God as her Pilot and glorifies God via her Savannah Smiles Righteous Rap Band. Johnny is a distinguished Army vet, and though Johnny's body came back from war sans seen scar, his once saintly spirit is shattered and suffers from a loss of faith. Savannah and Johnny's paths cross cataclysmically and Johnny, by his courage, and Savannah, via her faith in God, help save the day, whereupon Johnny is injured and Savannah is holy enlightened to become one of her Savior's earthly saviors. Their ensuing journey is replete with love, humor and joy and mostly their journey be full of Hope and Promise, those abiding assurances that God in heaven so lovingly avowals and to which one young woman named Savannah does so ardently strive as a pious part of God's Grand Plan.
Download or read book Marking Time written by Nicole R. Fleetwood and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A powerful document of the inner lives and creative visions of men and women rendered invisible by America’s prison system. More than two million people are currently behind bars in the United States. Incarceration not only separates the imprisoned from their families and communities; it also exposes them to shocking levels of deprivation and abuse and subjects them to the arbitrary cruelties of the criminal justice system. Yet, as Nicole Fleetwood reveals, America’s prisons are filled with art. Despite the isolation and degradation they experience, the incarcerated are driven to assert their humanity in the face of a system that dehumanizes them. Based on interviews with currently and formerly incarcerated artists, prison visits, and the author’s own family experiences with the penal system, Marking Time shows how the imprisoned turn ordinary objects into elaborate works of art. Working with meager supplies and in the harshest conditions—including solitary confinement—these artists find ways to resist the brutality and depravity that prisons engender. The impact of their art, Fleetwood observes, can be felt far beyond prison walls. Their bold works, many of which are being published for the first time in this volume, have opened new possibilities in American art. As the movement to transform the country’s criminal justice system grows, art provides the imprisoned with a political voice. Their works testify to the economic and racial injustices that underpin American punishment and offer a new vision of freedom for the twenty-first century."
Download or read book Love Hate Poetry and Rap written by U-logy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's no available information at this time. Author will provide once information is available.
Download or read book Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn written by Jamie Maslin and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a hilarious, charming, and astonishing account of one Westerner's life-altering rambles across Iran and the secret counterculture world he discovers. 24 color illustrations.
Download or read book D U I Driving Urban Influences Presents REAL RAP Poetry written by Joseph Hill II and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: this is a poetry book giving insight on social issues pertaining to the urban community. based on personal and third person experiences. all walks of life are encouraged to read this for it gives reasons/explanations on why certain individuals do what they do and think the way they do
Download or read book Poems of Petition Praise Perception People Playfulness written by Iii Walter A. Newport and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems The poems in this volume are quite varied in theme and purpose. Readers can find solace or healing, encouragement, joy in The Lord, laughter, common feelings about loved ones, or perhaps special insights into Christian thinking that might serve to bring someone into or back into a Biblical worldview. Many who have begun to doubt or to encounter criticism of Christianity in today's world they cannot defend against, and perhaps do not have the patience to read apologetic discourses, may find that poetry can speak to their hearts when pure logic does not in an age of relativism, naturalism, secular humanism, post-modernism, and terrorism. Taken as a whole, one gets the sense that God's Love, Sovereignty, Majesty, Truth and Grace are visible in His Creation, and that humankind need to embrace Him, accept Christ, and dedicate ourselves to obeying, glorifying, and serving Him as long as we live. Walter Newport is a retired professor of language and culture who has spent nearly thirty years in four widely diverse areas of the world - in the USA, Cuba, Spain, and Japan. Dr. Newport was the first non-Japanese professor ever hired by Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, after having been a founding member of an international center in Toyama Prefecture. He has also been an active Christian in parts of the world in which Christians are a minority, supporting an orphanage in the Philippines, and has helped refugees from the recent Ethiopian-Eritrean war in Africa. He enjoys opera and classical music, theology, mountain hiking, and weight lifting, belongs to the International Society of Poets, and has received numerous awards for his poetry. He now lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Download or read book The Anthology of Rap written by Adam Bradley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 1191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the "Billboard" charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. This pioneering anthology brings together more than 300 lyrics written over 30 years, from the "old school" to the present day.
Download or read book John Edgar Wideman written by Doreatha D. Mbalia and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Edgar Wideman's process of decentering himself from European life and culture and centering himself within African life and culture is the focus of this study." "In this critical review of the works of Wideman, Doreatha Drummond Mbalia argues that the author's early writings are characterized by a self-hatred that is shaped by explicit and implicit messages he receives as an African living in a racist, capitalist society. These messages are reinforced by European-style, westernized familial and educational influences. However, Mbalia argues that once Wideman experiences several unfortunate family occurrences, witnesses the growing pride and dignity younger Africans feel in regard to their history, and simply "lives and learns," his perspective shifts from one that is clearly centered in European culture and tradition to one that is at the heart of African culture and tradition. This shift reflects a new way of seeing, thinking, and writing about himself, his family, the African community and its institutions, African people in general, and African women in particular." "This shift in point of view is not reflected only in theme, but also in structure. In later works, Wideman's writing style no longer imitates that of such European writers as T. S. Eliot, but imitates that of the African community, with all of its jive, rap, and hokey-pokey nuances. Once Wideman sees himself as one of many Africans all over the world who are exploited and oppressed, his perspective broadens as well. In the later work, the point of view is no longer national in scope, but rather international, tackling such issues as apartheid in South Africa and reflecting the international scope of capitalism."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Underground Rap as Religion written by Jon Ivan Gill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underground rap is largely a subversive, grassroots, and revolutionary movement in underground hip-hop, tending to privilege creative freedom as well as progressive and liberating thoughts and actions. This book contends that many practitioners of underground rap have absorbed religious traditions and ideas, and implement, critique, or abandon them in their writings. This in turn creates processural mutations of God that coincide with and speak to the particular context from which they originate. Utilising the work of scholars like Monica Miller and Alfred North Whitehead, Gill uses a secular religious methodology to put forward an aesthetic philosophy of religion for the rap portion of underground hip-hop. Drawing from Whiteheadian process thought, a theopoetic argument is made. Namely, that it is not simply the case that is God the "poet of the world", but rather rap can, in fact, be the poet (creator) of its own form of quasi-religion. This is a unique look at the religious workings and implications of underground rap and hip hop. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of Religious Studies, Hip-Hop Studies and Process Philosophy and Theology.
Download or read book Party at the Mausoleum and Other Poems Related to the Juggalo Culture written by Frederick Blackwell and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Juggalo DJ with a gang of Juggalos chanting "I-C-P, I-C-P" and "Family" and "Whoop, whoop!"
Download or read book From Pain to Poetry written by Mark Tanner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems was written with pen and tears through pain filled years. Sometime during the year of 1996 I began a journey. It was a journey that took me to places that I never knew existed. I went into places in this life and thought of things and did things that I otherwise would have never thought of doing. I stayed there much longer than I ever wanted to stay. That place was a place that I call "The Altar of No Mercy." There you will find yourself and the people that surround you with tombstones in their eyes, "roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it" (Job 1:7). Through that journey I have come to understand that everything that is evil is just a mimic of everything that is good. Just as you will find the mercy seat at the altar of God, you will likewise find the seat of no mercy and the altar of our enemy, satan.
Download or read book Chicano Rap written by Pancho McFarland and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powered by a driving beat, clever lyrics, and assertive attitudes, rap music and hip hop culture have engrossed American youth since the mid-1980s. Although the first rappers were African Americans, rap and hip hop culture quickly spread to other ethnic groups who have added their own cultural elements to the music. Chicano Rap offers the first in-depth look at how Chicano/a youth have adopted and adapted rap music and hip hop culture to express their views on gender and violence, as well as on how Chicano/a youth fit into a globalizing world. Pancho McFarland examines over five hundred songs and seventy rap artists from all the major Chicano rap regions—San Diego, San Francisco and Northern California, Texas, and Chicago and the Midwest. He discusses the cultural, political, historical, and economic contexts in which Chicano rap has emerged and how these have shaped the violence and misogyny often expressed in Chicano rap and hip hop. In particular, he argues that the misogyny and violence of Chicano rap are direct outcomes of the "patriarchal dominance paradigm" that governs human relations in the United States. McFarland also explains how globalization, economic restructuring, and the conservative shift in national politics have affected Chicano/a youth and Chicano rap. He concludes with a look at how Xicana feminists, some Chicano rappers, and other cultural workers are striving to reach Chicano/a youth with a democratic, peaceful, empowering, and liberating message.
Download or read book Rani Patel In Full Effect written by Sonia Patel and published by Cinco Puntos Press. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 William C. Morris Award Finalist Almost seventeen, Rani Patel appears to be a kick-ass Indian girl breaking cultural norms as a hip-hop performer in full effect. But in truth, she's a nerdy flat-chested nobody who lives with her Gujarati immigrant parents on the remote Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, isolated from her high school peers by the unsettling norms of Indian culture where "husband is God." Her parents' traditionally arranged marriage is a sham. Her dad turns to her for all his needs—even the intimate ones. When Rani catches him two-timing with a woman barely older than herself, she feels like a widow and, like widows in India are often made to do, she shaves off her hair. Her sexy bald head and hard-driving rhyming skills attract the attention of Mark, the hot older customer who frequents her parents' store and is closer in age to her dad than to her. Mark makes the moves on her and Rani goes with it. He leads Rani into 4eva Flowin', an underground hip hop crew—and into other things she's never done. Rani ignores the red flags. Her naive choices look like they will undo her but ultimately give her the chance to discover her strengths and restore the things she thought she'd lost, including her mother. Sonia Patel is a psychiatrist who works with children and adults. She was trained at Stanford University and the University of Hawaii. She lives and practices in Hawaii. Rani Patel In Full Effect is her first young adult novel. BookExpo America Editor's Buzz Selection 2016 Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books 2016 New York Public Library 50 Best Teen Books 2016 Book Page Top 10 Best Teen Book 2016 Texas Library Associations Top 10 Teen Books 2017 Multnomah County Library Best Books 2016 The Volumes Bookcafe Staff's Best 20 of 2016 2017 Amelia Bloomer List Recommended Feminist Literature For Birth Through 18 15 Essential Novels Of The #MeToo Movement, Bustle
Download or read book Poems from the Heart written by David Burkey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of a collection of poems and songs that were written over about 30 years.
Download or read book JOHN ANTHONY LEWIS poetry prose and other selected writings written by Johnnie Reason and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a man who has survived his past. Listen to the stories in his passage. See his vision of our world. And share the dream that, indeed, is already in motion. Do this, and the energy of his words will be with you. Share with the author your passion for the issues.
Download or read book Rap Up written by Devin Lazerine and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fun, edgy, and essential guide, the editors of today's hottest music magazine give you the ultimate, all-access pass to the exciting world of hip-hop and contemporary R&B. From the megaselling songs to the biggest stars to the most outrageous scandals, Rap-Up gives you a comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at the revolutionary music that's transforming pop culture. Discover: HISTORY LESSON How it all started, from rappers armed with toy keyboards and ambition...to breakout groups like Run-D.M.C. and Public Enemy who brought the 'hood to the suburbs and changed music forever. THE NEW NEW SCHOOL One-of-a-kind profiles of Jay-Z, Beyoncé, 50 Cent, Usher, Ciara, and all the hottest artists. And a look at the moguls and producers who shape the hits, including urban-flow stylist Jermaine Dupri, off-center innovators The Neptunes, and techno-beat genius Timbaland. WHERE'S THE BEEF? The inside story on rap's most notorious battles, from the legendary Juice Crew vs. Boogie Down Productions duel over hip-hop bragging rights, to the Jay-Z vs. Nas battle-of-the-giants, to the 50 Cent vs. The Game take-no-prisoners faceoff. FROM HOLLIS TO HOLLYWOOD A comprehensive list of hip-hop on the silver screen-the good, the bad, and the performers (Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah) who achieved box office gold and Oscar fame. Complete with takes on must-own CDs and tracks, pop quizzes, career highlights, and artist road maps, this unique, definitive book is all you need to get down with everything hip-hop and R&B.
Download or read book Kwani written by Binyavanga Wainaina and published by Kwani Archive Online. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kwani? is arguably Africa's most exciting and varied literary initiative of recent years. Describing itself as ?a magazine of ideas, [that] seeks to entertain, provoke and create?, Kwani commissions and publishes stories, poetry, art and photography ?from all around the African continent and the diaspora'. Kwani 03 considers itself to be ?by far the most complete issue...published?, declaring that it reflects ?another Kenya growing out of [the] ashes [that] has learnt to need nobody; to be competitive and creative. It speaks Sheng. It is the Kenya we are waiting for'. This volume features the writing of Ed Pavlic, Billy Kahora, Mukoma Ngugi, Charles Mungoshi and M.G. Vassanji. It includes cartoons and photographs, and poetry and interviews in Sheng, a Swahili-based patois spoken in East Africa. Sheng is a rapidly evolving and dynamic language finding particular use among East African hip hop artists, such as Nonini, whose music has inspired the contributors of this volume. Members of the Kalamashaka trio, the pioneers of Swahili rap, also contribute poems to this section.
