Refractive Africa : ballet of the forgotten / Will Alexander.
""The poet is endemic with life itself," Will Alexander once said, and in this searing pas de trois, Refractive Africa: Ballet of the Forgotten, he has exemplified this vital candescence with a transpersonal amplification worthy of the Cambrian explosion. "This being the ballet of the forgotten," he writes as diasporic witness, "of refracted boundary points as venom." The volume's opening poem pays homage to the innovative Nigerian-Yoruban author Amos Tutuola; it ends with an encomium to the modernist Malagasy poet Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo-two writers whose luminous art suffered "colonial wrath through refraction." A tribute to the Congo forms the bridge and bris©♠vole of the book: the Congo as "charged aural colony" and "primal interconnection," a "subliminal psychic force" with a colonial and postcolonial history dominated by the Occident. Will Alexander's improvisatory cosmicity pushes poetic language to the point of most resistance-incantatory and swirling with magical laterality and recovery"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780811230278
- ISBN: 0811230279
- Physical Description: xi, 106 pages ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: New York : New Directions Publishing, 2021.
- Copyright: ℗♭2021.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Based on the bush of ghosts -- The Congo -- Eruption from the compound of living.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- American poetry > 21st century.
- Genre:
- Prose poems.
Poetry.
Search for related items by series
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | 811.54 ALE (Text) | 37810435791255 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Accessibility Features
| LDR | 02303cam a2200361 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 13563829 | ||
| 003 | CARDINAL | ||
| 005 | 20211203144346.6 | ||
| 008 | 210625t20212021nyu 000 p eng | ||
| 010 | . | ‡a 2021031345 | |
| 020 | . | ‡a9780811230278 ‡q(paperback) | |
| 020 | . | ‡a0811230279 ‡q(paperback) | |
| 035 | . | ‡a(OCoLC)1233266185 | |
| 040 | . | ‡aIEN/DLC ‡beng ‡erda ‡cDLC ‡dOCLCO ‡dOCLCF ‡dOJ4 ‡dYDX ‡dTOH | |
| 042 | . | ‡apcc | |
| 082 | 0 | 0. | ‡a811/.54 ‡223 |
| 100 | 1 | . | ‡aAlexander, Will, ‡eauthor. |
| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aRefractive Africa : ‡bballet of the forgotten / ‡cWill Alexander. |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bNew Directions Publishing, ‡c2021. | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡câ„—â™2021. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axi, 106 pages ; ‡c23 cm. | |
| 336 | . | ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent | |
| 337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia | |
| 338 | . | ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier | |
| 490 | 1 | . | ‡aNew Directions paperbook ; ‡v(NDP1515) |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aBased on the bush of ghosts -- The Congo -- Eruption from the compound of living. |
| 520 | . | ‡a""The poet is endemic with life itself," Will Alexander once said, and in this searing pas de trois, Refractive Africa: Ballet of the Forgotten, he has exemplified this vital candescence with a transpersonal amplification worthy of the Cambrian explosion. "This being the ballet of the forgotten," he writes as diasporic witness, "of refracted boundary points as venom." The volume's opening poem pays homage to the innovative Nigerian-Yoruban author Amos Tutuola; it ends with an encomium to the modernist Malagasy poet Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo-two writers whose luminous art suffered "colonial wrath through refraction." A tribute to the Congo forms the bridge and bris©♠vole of the book: the Congo as "charged aural colony" and "primal interconnection," a "subliminal psychic force" with a colonial and postcolonial history dominated by the Occident. Will Alexander's improvisatory cosmicity pushes poetic language to the point of most resistance-incantatory and swirling with magical laterality and recovery"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aAmerican poetry ‡y21st century. ‡0(CARDINAL)438264 | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aProse poems. ‡2lcgft ‡0(CARDINAL)700788 | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aPoetry. ‡2lcgft ‡0(CARDINAL)330527 | |
| 830 | 0. | ‡aNew Directions paperbook ; ‡v1515. ‡0(CARDINAL)341816 | |
| 902 | . | ‡aMARCIVE 202209 | |
| 901 | . | ‡a13563829 ‡bAUTOGEN ‡c13563829 ‡tbiblio | |
