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Incandescent
This fiery book of poetry by the first poet laureate of Oakland, California, is red-hot in its urgency. It cries out for justice, freedom, and the right to exist and thrive.
The Horse Eaters
Poetry. African & African American Studies. This is an origin tale, a reclamation of memory, a movement towards wholeness in thought that helps shape action and inform deed. These poems are an anchor cast out from the graveyard in the Atlantic ocean tethering the beginning of the myth of me in North America to a place. "Ayodele's poetry is a combo of her MFA training and her Lower Bottom Playaz socialization. One must be aware she is a dramatist as well; thus, her style reflects our oral tradition, especially in the rawness and truthfulness of her writing as an extension of the Black Arts Movement."--Marvin X "THE HORSE EATERS is a masterful blending of a resilience blueprint, wisdom for the...
Sorrowland Oracle, 2nd Edition
SORROWLAND ORACLE by Ayodele Nzinga is a compendium of spells, incantations, prayers, and their translations into the event of being Black in modernity while standing at the crossroads of revolutionary transformation and the birthing of a new paradigm on the eve of an apocalypse. The 2nd edition includes a new preface. Poetry. African & African American Studies. California Interest.
Prison Truth
San Quentin State Prison, California’s oldest prison and the nation’s largest, is notorious for once holding America’s most dangerous prisoners. But in 2008, the Bastille-by-the-Bay became a beacon for rehabilitation through the prisoner-run newspaper the San Quentin News. Prison Truth tells the story of how prisoners, many serving life terms, transformed the prison climate from what Johnny Cash called a living hell to an environment that fostered positive change in inmates’ lives. Award-winning journalist William J. Drummond takes us behind bars, introducing us to Arnulfo García, the visionary prisoner who led the revival of the newspaper. Drummond describes how the San Quentin News, after a twenty-year shutdown, was recalled to life under an enlightened warden and the small group of local retired newspaper veterans serving as advisers, which Drummond joined in 2012. Sharing how officials cautiously and often unwittingly allowed the newspaper to tell the stories of the incarcerated, Prison Truth illustrates the power of prison media to humanize the experiences of people inside penitentiary walls and to forge alliances with social justice networks seeking reform.
The Town
An anthology of 65 poets who live in (or have lived in) Oakland, California. Nomadic Press' last publication is a love letter to Oakland and a collaborative editorial labor of love between J. K. Fowler and Ayodele Nzinga. Contributors include: James Cagney; Judy Juanita; Joshua Merchant; Nazelah Jamison; Jackie Zaneri; Marianne Lonsdale; Jan Steckel; Tanya Castro; Mo Corleone; Edward Gunawan; Giovanna Lomanto; Paul Corman-Roberts; Youssef Alaoui-Fdili; Keith Mark Gaboury; Susan Calvillo; Aki Cabrera; Susana Praver-Pérez; Norma Smith; Chris Stroffolino; J.R Rice; Karla Tiffany; Natasha Dennerstein; Lauren Parker; Rohan DaCosta; Linda Norton; David S. Maduli; Dean Engle; Stefani Echeverría-F...
Readers' Liberation
Reader's Liberation addresses questions of what we should be reading to obtain information, examining how past readers encountered the same problems that today's readers face, and how they dealt with them.
Weyward Macbeth
Weyward Macbeth, a volume of entirely new essays, provides innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to the various ways Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' has been adapted and appropriated within the context of American racial constructions. Comprehensive in its scope, this collection addresses the enduringly fraught history of 'Macbeth' in the United States, from its appearance as the first Shakespearean play documented in the American colonies to a proposed Hollywood film version with a black diasporic cast. Over two dozen contributions explore 'Macbeth's' haunting presence in American drama, poetry, film, music, history, politics, acting, and directing — all through the intersections of race and performance.
The Future of Literacy Studies
This book brings together authors actively involved in shaping the field of literacy studies, presenting a robust approach to the theoretical and empirical work which is currently pushing the boundaries of literacy research and also pointing to future directions for literacy research.
Martian
Winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets James Laughlin Award A 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in Poetry A blistering exploration of America’s legacy of anti-Black violence from an indispensable poet of our time American history got you down? Are you feeling alienated? Join poet James Cagney in his blistering second collection, Martian: The Saint of Loneliness, as he journeys through time, space, and memory with caustic, satirical beauty. Recall American history through its spent shell casings! Turn familial ghosts into art valuable for generations! In these fully charged poems, James Cagney storms through American fields blooming with artillery and anger on his thirsty quest for love, peace, and acceptance in the smallest, most precious gestures.
