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Spoken Word

A History of How Performance Poetry Changed the World

by Joshua Bennett

Part cultural history, part ethnography, part memoir, Spoken Word explores the history of the western world's oldest form of literary expression, from its unifying role in ethnic minority communities to its ability to give a young black man a voice in society.

Joshua Bennett takes us on electrifying journey, from the epic poems of The Iliad and The Odyssey to social scene of 19th century Philadelphia to today's contemporary black storytellers like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Saul Williams and even Pulitzer-prize-winning Kendrick Lamar, to discover the personal and the political in the art of poetry.

This book will tell the tale of spoken word poetry's rise from local pastime to global phenomenon.
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Pages:

352

Published:

16 Apr 2023

Format

Hardback

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Imprint

Square Peg

ISBN:

9781529110487

Part cultural history, part ethnography, part memoir, Spoken Word explores the history of the western world's oldest form of literary expression, from its unifying role in ethnic minority communities to its ability to give a young black man a voice in society.

Joshua Bennett takes us on electrifying journey, from the epic poems of The Iliad and The Odyssey to social scene of 19th century Philadelphia to today's contemporary black storytellers like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Saul Williams and even Pulitzer-prize-winning Kendrick Lamar, to discover the personal and the political in the art of poetry.

This book will tell the tale of spoken word poetry's rise from local pastime to global phenomenon.
$55.00