| #79781 in Books | Wave Books | 2005-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.40 x7.00l,.50 | File type: PDF | 128 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Beautiful Poetry|By Paige|leadbelly was immediately a breath of fresh air to read, I loved Jess’s work. The first poem contains the line “how to peel dynamite from his bones.” I love the way he speaks about Leadbelly’s guitar Stella like she is a physical woman. in his poem ‘mistress stella speaks’, the last stanza is exceptional. “...h|From Publishers Weekly|Jess' debut, an addictive amalgamation of approaches reminiscent, in its way, of Dos Passos' 1919, tells the story of Huddie William Ledbetter and his passage to becoming the blues legend, Leadbelly. Told through many voices, from his devo
“It is exhilarating to be invited into a world so large and muscular, so rooted in history, a world where so much is at stake.”—Brigit Pegeen Kelly, National Poetry Series judge
A biography in poems, leadbelly examines the life and times of the legendary blues musician from a variety of intimate perspectives and using a range of innovative poetic forms. A collage of song, culture, and circumstance, alive and speaking.
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You easily download any file type for your gadget.leadbelly: poems (National Poetry Series) | Tyehimba Jess. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
