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This Audible performance was adapted from the tagged book. This is actually a review, but because it‘s not in the Litsy system, I‘m posting it like a blurb. I really enjoyed listening to this one on Audible. It was interesting and informative. Part history lesson, part music, all poetry. Definitely a pick!

Excerpt from “Sam Patterson, Harlem, NY: Dec. 12, 1924” by Tyehimba Jess
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/tyehimba-jess
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An incredible meditation on the lives of first generation freed peoples, their continued exploitation at the hands of those who had hoped to have them remain enslaved. The work expanded my imagination in terms of what I thought possible from the medium of poetry both in terms of storytelling and creative expression. An absolute masterpiece and one of the greatest works of art I have ever experienced.

"We boil the air with hallelujah's balm 'cause each of us got a story to yell out in song." Jess can lift your soul in one sentence and punch you in the gut in the next. This is one of the most unusual, enjoyable, and illuminating books of poetry I've ever read.

My cat decided to pose. Meet Tuna.

An absolutely riveting work of poetry that blends history, biography, and musicology with a little imagination to glue it all together. Jess brings the lost voices of black performers in minstrel shows of the late 19th/early 20th centuries back to life and also pays homage to the great ragtime composer Scott Joplin through the rediscovered interviews of Julius Monroe Trotter.

My summer reading. So excited for July, the HUGE book sale run by our local library coming up next week, and the Tour de France. Books and bikes, 🚴 both rock. ❤️😊#jubilantjuly @RealLifeReading #julymostanticipated #tbr #sizzlinsummerbooks @Tiffy_Reads

This is an absolutely incredible book. Technically considered a poetry collection (it just won the Pulitzer) Jess presents a history of African American artists in a unique and musical manner. In all honesty, I don't think any description I give will do it justice.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #maybookflowers #blackandwhitecovers

My Favorite Books of 2016

No. 7: Olio by Tyehimba Jess. Only poetry has the space for all this—history, theater, verse, art, hymn, humanity, a new song.

Historical fiction poetry of famous black artists pre- and post-Civil War. Pure genius. ❤️😍❤️😍

This book is so so so great. (General Bethune was Blind Tom's owner.)

This book is blowing me away.

Exciting Friday night reading while my roommate makes peach crumble 💕