About this title: Like Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes, who first popularized the blues as a poetic form, California Poet Laureate Al Young has written about the blues, played the blues and drawn inspiration from the blues. Something About the Blues uses the blues as a theme throughout 100 new and previously-published poems. Selections evoke the cold, hard city, love gone wrong and blues music itself, with tributes to Ma Rainey, Lena Horne and other notable performers. Something About the Blues includes an audio CD with Al Young's dynamic, soulful readings of more than 20 of the poems from the ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. BRAND NEW and UNREAD condition. Advance Reader's Copy in softcover. Will be well protected for safe shipping. Audience: General/trade. ** Includes BONUS CD ** read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hard Back Book
Publisher: Sourcebooks Mediafusion, Naperville, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781402210648ISBN:1402210647
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781402210648ISBN:1402210647
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sourcebooks Mediafusion
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781402210648ISBN:1402210647
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Very minor extremity wear otherwise a fine copy. Sewn Binding Cloth over Boards, 211 pages, Includes 1 Audio CD. Audience: General/trade. California Poet Laureate Al Young provides 120 new and previously published poems that evoke the blues in stories about life and music. Enclosed audio CD contains nearly an hour of Al Young's dynamic storytelling readings, many of Al Young's performances feature a live band and Langston Hughes reads his inspirational "The Weary ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sourcebooks Mediafusion
Date Published: 2007-11-01
ISBN-13:9781402210648ISBN:1402210647
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781402210648. read more
Description: New. All combined, these wayward pages say something about the blues. Beaded and threaded throughout America's musical mosaic, the blues make you feel and hear. Sometimes you can count them off in measures and beats, but largely they dwell in a feral stat... read more
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