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Role Call A Generational Anthology of Social & Political Black Literature & Art Edited by Medina /Bashir /Lansana $24.95 / paperback |
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The game may be the same, but the rules have significantly changed. How does the post-Civil Rights generation Black artists and writers respond to the social and political issues that affect us today? Role Call is a conscious manifesto of much maligned, and often misunderstood generation that-far from lacking-is consciously and actively working to continue the fight for justice and equality.
Boldly taking on issues of race relations, popular culture, sexuality, education, religion, technology and the rise of the prison industry, Role Call reflects the love for self, family and community necessary to any struggle for equality. This diverse collection of dynamic voices and visions tackles its subjects with fresh, spare language, rich imagery and a passion for the issues and he work that signal the arrival of a new Black power-one that is spiritually grounded, forged in multiple alliances, and based on the credo that each of our experiences matter.
About the Editors:
Tony Medina, who teaches English at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus, is the author of the poetry collections Emerge & See, No Noose Is Good Noose, Sermons from the Smell of a Carcass Condemned to Begging and Memories of Eating. His children's books include Love to Langston (2002), DeShawn Days (2001) and Christmas Makes Me Think (2001), all published by Lee & Low Books. He also co-edited the award-winning anthology In Defense of Mumia, and was a special editorial director for Catch the Fire!!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African-American Poetry. Medina is also a FYAH editor/contributor.Quraysh Ali Lansana is the author of a children's book The Big World (Addison-Wesley, 1999), and a poetry chapbook, cockroach children: corner poems and street psalms (nappyhead press, 1995). He is the editor of I Represent, and dream in yourself, both collections of literary works written by Chicago youth ages 14-21, published by Tia Chucha Press (1996 and 1997, respectively). Passage, his poetry video collaboration with Kurt Heintz, won the first ever Bob Award from WTTW-TV (PBS). His most recent publication credits include Warpland Vol. 4(1998); 360: A Revolution of Black Poets Anthology; Sons of Lovers: Anthology and the Gazelle Poets Anthology. His poetry has been performed as theater with Chameleon Productions and Carving Mahogany, and broadcast on National Public Radio. He is an original member of the Funky Wordsmyths, a "hard-hittin black poetry and music" ensemble, which featured the late Oscar Brown III. He has collaborated extensively with musicians in jazz, blues, reggae, and traditional West African idioms. Quraysh is director of Kuntu Drama, Inc. and serves on the board of the Guild Complex, a NEA award winning literary center, where he is also artistic director. Lansana is founder and managing editor of nappyhead press, a purveyor of fine poetry since 1995. He has been a literary teaching artist and curriculum developer for over a decade, and has led workshops in prisons, public schools and universities in thirty-three states. He currently serves as a language arts editor at a leading educational publishing company and is an adjunct faculty member of Columbia College. Born in Enid, Oklahoma, Quraysh lives in Chicago, Illinois with his wife, storyteller/professor Emily Hooper Lansana, and sons, Nile & Onan.
Samiya Bashir is current Books Editor for Ms. Magazine & the former Senior Editor at Black Issues Book Review. She is also a freelancer & an award-winning poet and writer whose work has appeared in journals, anthologies and numerous commercial publications, including Ms., Seventeen, Curve, Venus, American Visions, HUES, Mosaic and The San Francisco Bay Guardian, and online publications such as Oxygen.com and CatchAFire.com. She has taught creative writing and poetry to adults and children through affiliations with universities, public schools and city/state agencies.
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