“Few poets of the last thirty years have approached his diversity of
formal innovations; few have communicated so intensively via
performances and recordings, as often as not with integral musical
settings; and few have proved so effective politically… a living
modern classic for real.” —_London Magazine _
“You can just hear the reggae drumbeat as his verse vacillates among
fire, anger, fear, profound loss, and victory.” —_Savoy Magazine,_
January 2007
“The man writes some of the most moving poetry to be found in
popular music.—David Bowie in _Vanity Fair_
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“His observations are the rich fruits of both a lyrical childhood on
a Jamaican farm, and his bottled anger on the streets of London.
During his teenage years in Brixton, Johnson witnessed serial episodes
of racial abuse and joined the Black Panthers movement in protest.
There, he learned his history and culture, but found his own
outlet.”—Caroline Frost, BBC Four
Linton Kwesi Johnson is the most influential black poet in Britain.
The author of five previous collections of poetry and numerous record
albums, he is known worldwide for his fusion of lyrical verse and
reggae. Much of his work is written in the street Creole of the
Caribbean communities in which he grew up in England. _Mi
Revalueshanary Fren_ includes all of his best-known poems, which
concern racism and politics, personal experience, philosophy, and the
art of music, among other things.
Contains a full-length CD of Johnson reading.
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ISBN
9781619321571
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Ausable Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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