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Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature by Rowell, Charles Henry
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- Binding
- Hardcover
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312290217
ISBN-13
9780312290214
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2007545
Product Key Features
Book Title
Making Callaloo : 25 Years of Black Literature
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
American / African American, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), American / General
Features
Revised
Genre
Fiction, Literary Collections
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-048783
Reviews
"Callaloois, without doubt, the most elegantly edited journal of African and African-American literature . . . today."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University "I can always count onCallalooto keep me abreast of the best in black writing . . . It's been invaluable over the years."-Paule Marshall, New York University "Callaloohas emerged as our most important forum for fiction, criticism, and poetry by Afro-American writers . . . Crucial for understanding contemporary black literary practice."-Charles Johnson, University of Washington "Callaloo,one of the most influential publications on the contemporary black literary scene, provided its founder, Rowell, an English professor at the University of Virginia, the place to publish some of the finest writers in the African diaspora, from the Caribbean and the Americas to Europe. Assembling in this volume an impressive array of short fiction and poetry from the magazine's first 25 years, Rowell showcases the universality of the black aesthetic while celebrating its diverse handling of themes of sexual identity, regional conflicts, racial contradiction, political mayhem and generational issues . . . The offerings are stunningly fresh . . . If the originality and richness of the collection's fiction makes this book an essential for collectors of black literature, then the lineup of poets Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Rita Dove, Ai, Cyrus Cassells, Audre Lorde, Clarence Major, Sonia Sanchez among others makes it doubly enticing. This memorable anthology will add considerably to the reputation ofCallalooand its editor . . . The broad scope and international sweep of this collection lift it head and shoulders above many other anthologies of black literature."-Publishers Weekly "A stunning collection of fiction and poetry from well-known and lesser-known writers, including Edwidge Danticat, Ralph Ellison, Gayl Jones, Terry McMillan, and John Edgar Wideman; among the poets are Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Rita Dove, and Alice Walker. A reflection of the incredible diversity of writers of the African diaspora and the artistic achievement of black writers in the past 25 years."-Vanessa Bush,Booklist "An outstanding collection of literature of the African diaspora. African Americans like Octavia Butler, Ralph Ellison, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Alice Walker are featured, but this celebration also includes works by writers of African descent outside of America, including Aim Cesaire (Martinique), Maryse Conde (Guadeloupe), and Edimilson de Almeida Pereira (Brazil). The result ably represents the artistry of black literature and its diversity in culture, theme, and ideology. The foreword by Percival Everett, introduction by Rowell, and afterword by Carl Phillips are well worth reading for insight and perspective on the role ofCallalooin promoting art and aesthetics in black literature and freeing writing of the expectations of society."-Jeris Cassel, Rutgers University Library, New Brunswick,Library Journal, " Callaloo is, without doubt, the most elegantly edited journal of African and African-American literature . . . today."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University "I can always count on Callaloo to keep me abreast of the best in black writing . . . It's been invaluable over the years."-Paule Marshall, New York University " Callaloo has emerged as our most important forum for fiction, criticism, and poetry by Afro-American writers . . . Crucial for understanding contemporary black literary practice."-Charles Johnson, University of Washington " Callaloo, one of the most influential publications on the contemporary black literary scene, provided its founder, Rowell, an English professor at the University of Virginia, the place to publish some of the finest writers in the African diaspora, from the Caribbean and the Americas to Europe. Assembling in this volume an impressive array of short fiction and poetry from the magazine's first 25 years, Rowell showcases the universality of the black aesthetic while celebrating its diverse handling of themes of sexual identity, regional conflicts, racial contradiction, political mayhem and generational issues . . . The offerings are stunningly fresh . . . If the originality and richness of the collection's fiction makes this book an essential for collectors of black literature, then the lineup of poets Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Rita Dove, Ai, Cyrus Cassells, Audre Lorde, Clarence Major, Sonia Sanchez among others makes it doubly enticing. This memorable anthology will add considerably to the reputation of Callaloo and its editor . . . The broad scope and international sweep of this collection lift it head and shoulders above many other anthologies of black literature."- Publishers Weekly "A stunning collection of fiction and poetry from well-known and lesser-known writers, including Edwidge Danticat, Ralph Ellison, Gayl Jones, Terry McMillan, and John Edgar Wideman; among the poets are Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Rita Dove, and Alice Walker. A reflection of the incredible diversity of writers of the African diaspora and the artistic achievement of black writers in the past 25 years."-Vanessa Bush, Booklist d"An outstanding collection of literature of the African diaspora. African Americans like Octavia Butler, Ralph Ellison, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Alice Walker are featured, but this celebration also includes works by writers of African descent outside of America, including Aim Cesaire (Martinique), Maryse Conde (Guadeloupe), and Edimilson de Almeida Pereira (Brazil). The result ably represents the artistry of black literature and its diversity in culture, theme, and ideology. The foreword by Percival Everett, introduction by Rowell, and afterword by Carl Phillips are well worth reading for insight and perspective on the role of Callaloo in promoting art and aesthetics in black literature and freeing writing of the expectations of society."-Jeris Cassel, Rutgers University Library, New Brunswick, Library Journal, " Callaloo is, without doubt, the most elegantly edited journal of African and African-American literature . . . today."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University "I can always count on Callaloo to keep me abreast of the best in black writing . . . It's been invaluable over the years."-Paule Marshall, New York University " Callaloo has emerged as our most important forum for fiction, criticism, and poetry by Afro-American writers . . . Crucial for understanding contemporary black literary practice."-Charles Johnson, University of Washington " Callaloo, one of the most influential publications on the contemporary black literary scene, provided its founder, Rowell, an English professor at the University of Virginia, the place to publish some of the finest writers in the African diaspora, from the Caribbean and the Americas to Europe. Assembling in this volume an impressive array of short fiction and poetry from the magazine's first 25 years, Rowell showcases the universality of the black aesthetic while celebrating its diverse handling of themes of sexual identity, regional conflicts, racial contradiction, political mayhem and generational issues . . . The offerings are stunningly fresh . . . If the originality and richness of the collection's fiction makes this book an essential for collectors of black literature, then the lineup of poets Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Rita Dove, Ai, Cyrus Cassells, Audre Lorde, Clarence Major, Sonia Sanchez among others makes it doubly enticing. This memorable anthology will add considerably to the reputation of Callaloo and its editor . . . The broad scope and international sweep of this collection lift it head and shoulders above many other anthologies of black literature."- Publishers Weekly "A stunning collection of fiction and poetry from well-known and lesser-known writers, including Edwidge Danticat, Ralph Ellison, Gayl Jones, Terry McMillan, and John Edgar Wideman; among the poets are Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Rita Dove, and Alice Walker. A reflection of the incredible diversity of writers of the African diaspora and the artistic achievement of black writers in the past 25 years."-Vanessa Bush, Booklist "An outstanding collection of literature of the African diaspora. African Americans like Octavia Butler, Ralph Ellison, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Alice Walker are featured, but this celebration also includes works by writers of African descent outside of America, including Aim Cesaire (Martinique), Maryse Conde (Guadeloupe), and Edimilson de Almeida Pereira (Brazil). The result ably represents the artistry of black literature and its diversity in culture, theme, and ideology. The foreword by Percival Everett, introduction by Rowell, and afterword by Carl Phillips are well worth reading for insight and perspective on the role of Callaloo in promoting art and aesthetics in black literature and freeing writing of the expectations of society."-Jeris Cassel, Rutgers University Library, New Brunswick, Library Journal
Dewey Edition
21
Afterword by
Phillips, Carl
Dewey Decimal
810.8/0896073/09045
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Foreword by Percival Everett Introduction by Charles Rowell Fiction Almanzar, Jose Alcantara - "My Singular Irene" Butler, Octavia - "The Evening and the Morning and the Night" CondÉ, Maryse - "The Breadnut and the Breadfruit" Danticat, Edwidge - fromThe Journals of the Water Days 1986 Delaney, Samuel R. - fromShoat Rumblin' Ellison, Ralph - "Cadillac FlambÉ" Everett, Percival - "Meiosis" Forrest, Leon - "Sugar Groove" Glave, Thomas - "Whose Song?" Harris, Wilson - fromJonestown Johnson, Charles - "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" Jones, Gayl - fromThe Machete Woman Kenan, Randall - "Now Why Come That Is" Lee, Helen Elaine - "Silences" Mackey, Nathaniel - "Atet A. D." McCluskey, Jr., John - fromThe River People McMillan, Terry - "Ma Dear" Phillips, Caryl - fromCambridge Wideman, John Edgar - "Ascent by Balloon from the Yard of Chestnut Street Jail" Poetry Ai - "Blue Suede Shoes" Alexander, Elizabeth - "The Venus Hottentot" Barrax, Gerald W. - "All My Live Ones" & "An Audience of One" Braithwaite, Kamau Edward - from "Clips" Cassells, Cyrus - "Sally Hemmings to Thomas Jefferson" CÉsaire, AimÉ - "The Automatic Crystal," "Your Portrait," & "Wifredo Lam. . ." Clifton, Lucille - "The Times" & "Lazarus" Derricotte, Toi - "The Promise" & "Holy Cross Hospital" Dixon, Melvin - "Heartbeats" & "Climbing Montmartre" Dove, Rita - "Straw Hat," "Motherhood," "Headdress," & "Heroes" Edwards, Brent Hayes - "Middle Ear Recitation" Ellis, Thomas Sayers - "Fatal April" & "Kiss in the Dark" Etienne, Phebus - "A Ride to the Wedding" & "Shoes" Hamer, Forrest - "Goldsboro Narratives" Harper, Michael S. - "Modulations on a Theme: For Josephus Long" Harris, Claire - "Mysteries" & "Framed" Jackson, Angela - "The Love of Travelers" Jackson, Major - "Some Kind of Crazy" & "Don Pullen at the Zanzibar" Jackson, Reuben - "Frank" Komunyakaa, Yusef - "Venus Flytraps," "Red Pagoda," "Birds on a Powerline," & "Slam, Dunk & Hook" Lorde, Audre - "Fishing in White Water" & "Jesehelms" Major, Clarence - "Difficulty of Perspective" & "Unwanted Memory" Mitchell, Karen - "Country After Country" & "Forgiveness" Morejon, Nancy - "Richard Brought His Flute" Moss, Thylias - "Holding" and "One for Newborns" Mullen, Harryette - "Unspoken" & "Fable" Osbey, Brenda Marie - "Setting Loose the Icons" Pereira, Edimilson de Almeida - "Calunga Lungara" Phillips, Carl - "Moving Target" & "The Clearing" Roberson, Ed - "Elegy for a White Cock" Roy, Lucinda H. - "Book Review" Sanchez, Sonia - "A Poem for My Father" & "Sequences" Strange, Sharan - "Childhood" & "Offering" Trethewey, Natasha - "Letter Home" & "Vignette" Walker, Alice - "On Stripping Bark from Myself" Welburn, Ron - "Yellow Wolf Spirit" & "A Moon Accountability" Wright, Jay - "Naming the Asturian Bird" & "The Economy of Power" Young, Kevin - "The Escape Artist" & "Cassius Clay by Basquiat" Afterword by Carl Phillips
Synopsis
This important book collects a wide range of fiction and poetry that first appeared in the pages of "Callaloo, "the premier literary journal devoted to African-diaspora literature and to Black literary and cultural studies. Founded twenty-five years ago--and still edited--by Charles Henry Rowell (Texas A&M University, College Station), "Callaloo" is both national and international in terms of scope and readership. It is also, as Henry Louis Gates, Jr., observed, "without doubt, the most elegantly edited journal of African and African-American literature of] today." This anthology, ideally suited for all readers studying modern Black literature, includes the work of Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Lucille Clifton, Terry McMillan, Ai, Nathaniel Mackey, John Edgar Wideman, Michael S. Harper, Charles Johnson, Thylias Moss, and many other disntinguished authors.
LC Classification Number
PS508.N3M28 2002
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