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 effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicat... Full description
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Main Language
English
All
English
Edition
First edition.
Subjects
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.
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