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  • THE CINEASTE: Poems. by Jordan, A. Van.
    Jordan, A. Van.
    THE CINEASTE: Poems.

    Edition: Trade paperback, 2nd printing.

    New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2014). Award winning African American poet's fourth collection - a "montage of poems, wherein film serves as the setting for contemplative trances, memoir, and pure fantasy. At its center is a sonnet sequence that imagines the struggle of pioneer filmmaker Oscar Micheaux against D. W. Griffiths The Birth of a Nation, which Micheaux saw not only as racist but also as the start of a powerful new art form.. . an extended riff on Jordans life as a moviegoer and a brilliant exploration of film, poetry, race." Notes. 133 pp. ISBN: 978-0393348736.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 90692
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