Description
Cosmic Deputy is a literary memoir from esteemed activist, educator, producer, and poet Kalamu ya Salaam. Representative poems from Salaam's fifty years of writing are interspersed in an overarching essay tracing the poet's multitude of influences. Toward mapping a theory of a Black literary aesthetic, Salaam explores the cultural inheritances of Black resistance movements, blues music, and the ways in which these sources and others have shaped not only his own work but Black letters more broadly.
Author: Kalamu Ya Salaam
Publisher: University of New Orleans Press
Published: 12/02/2020
Pages: 398
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781608011896
ISBN10: 1608011895
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | African American & Black
- Literary Criticism | American | African American & Black
Author: Kalamu Ya Salaam
Publisher: University of New Orleans Press
Published: 12/02/2020
Pages: 398
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781608011896
ISBN10: 1608011895
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | African American & Black
- Literary Criticism | American | African American & Black
About the Author
Kalamu ya Salaam is an American poet, author, filmmaker, and teacher from the 9th Ward of New Orleans. A wellknown activist and social critic, Salaam has spoken out on a number of racial and human rights issues.