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Author | : Nhiên Hạo Phan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Poetry. Asian Studies. Translated from Vietnamese by Linh Dinh, this collection of work from exiled poet Phan Nhien Hao chronicles the immigrant experience and vividly captures the trauma of the Vietnamese experience following the war. Barred from publishing in his native country, Phan Nhien Hao writes in a style both lucid and arresting. He is the author of two collections of poems and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Author | : Chuck Haddix |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2013-09-30 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0252095170 |
Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, and then died when only 34 years old. His friend Robert Reisner observed, "Parker, in the brief span of his life, crowded more living into it than any other human being." Like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, he was a transitional composer and improviser who ushered in a new era of jazz by pioneering bebop and influenced subsequent generations of musicians. Meticulously researched and written, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker tells the story of his life, music, and career. This new biography artfully weaves together firsthand accounts from those who knew him with new information about his life and career to create a compelling narrative portrait of a tragic genius. While other books about Parker have focused primarily on his music and recordings, this portrait reveals the troubled man behind the music, illustrating how his addictions and struggles with mental health affected his life and career. He was alternatively generous and miserly; a loving husband and father at home but an incorrigible philanderer on the road; and a chronic addict who lectured younger musicians about the dangers of drugs. Above all he was a musician, who overcame humiliation, disappointment, and a life-threatening car wreck to take wing as Bird, a brilliant improviser and composer. With in-depth research into previously overlooked sources and illustrated with several never-before-seen images, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker corrects much of the misinformation and myth about one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century.
Author | : Christopher Raschka |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780531070956 |
Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop.
Author | : Anne Waldman |
Publisher | : Coffee House Press |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2014-06-23 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1566893593 |
Cross Words refers to cultural hybrids, trans-cultural alliances, and associations. This fascinating compendium documents—in essays, conversations, and socratic raps—the vital work poets perform when they write across borders. Anne Waldman is the author of more than forty collections of poetry, the editor of numerous anthologies, and, for The Iovis Trilogy, the winner of the Shelley Memorial Award and the USA PEN Center Award for Poetry. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Laura E. Wright is a poet, translator, and librarian. With Anne Waldman, she co-edited Beats at Naropa (Coffee House Press, 2009).
Author | : Nhiên Hạo Phan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9781734035124 |
"Paper Bells is a striking, new collection by poet Phan Nhiên Hạo, depicting his American life as a Vietnamese refugee and exiled poet. Translated by poet Hai-Dang Phan, these poems are sorrowful, humorous, and unforgettable. A perfect introduction to the compelling work of Phan Nhiên Hạo, Paper Bells is a chronological selection that includes poems from his three collections published in Vietnam, poems written during his first years in the United States, as well as new poems published here for the first time"--
Author | : Danny Rosner Blay |
Publisher | : Hybrid Publishers |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2018-11-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1742982883 |
'We've driven around Australia, how about we drive around the world?' And with this one fanciful remark, the seeds were sown for what would become a worldwide adventure for one Melbourne family. Fuelled by itchy feet and a profound desire to expand their family's horizons, after five years of meticulous planning and seemingly endless vaccinations, Danny and Sandra packed their two kids, Maddy and Raffy, into their 4WD and headed off on their 'Big Trip'. Over the next 360 days and more than 36,000kms, this ordinary family undertook a truly extraordinary expedition, circumnavigating the globe and taking in experiences, both profound and everyday, which would prove to be life-changing. Based on the blog that the family kept while on the road, Drive Around the World is a touching, at times hilarious and genuinely unique account of their journey. Filled with tales of the unexpected, close calls and boundless adventure, it's a book that the whole family can enjoy and be inspired by.
Author | : Xiaojian Zhao |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 1540 |
Release | : 2013-11-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1598842404 |
This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on Asian Americans, comprising three volumes that address a broad range of topics on various Asian and Pacific Islander American groups from 1848 to the present day. This three-volume work represents a leading reference resource for Asian American studies that gives students, researchers, librarians, teachers, and other interested readers the ability to easily locate accurate, up-to-date information about Asian ethnic groups, historical and contemporary events, important policies, and notable individuals. Written by leading scholars in their fields of expertise and authorities in diverse professions, the entries devote attention to diverse Asian and Pacific Islander American groups as well as the roles of women, distinct socioeconomic classes, Asian American political and social movements, and race relations involving Asian Americans.
Author | : Matthias Demo |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2013-02-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1491851503 |
For Jackson Davis every day is comprised of a set list of events: the same seven songs, the same number of drinks, the same number of cigarettes, all while perched atop the same stool at the same bar. That is until one evening a stranger walks into his life and offers him the opportunity to regain that which he has lost but not without a price.
Author | : N. Grace |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2012-03-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1137014490 |
This collection maps the Beat Generation movement, exploring American Beat writers alongside parallel movements in other countries that shared a critique of global capitalism. Ranging from the immediate post-World War II period and continuing into the 1990s, the essays illustrate Beat participation in the global circulation of a poetics of dissent.
Author | : John Connolly |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2014-10-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1476703205 |
New York Times bestselling author John Connolly is a master of the supernatural thriller—“a genre of one” (Bookreporter)—whose eerie and electrifying Charlie Parker mystery turns a small town in Maine into an unforgettable character that threatens to destroy the brooding private investigator. The isolated community of Prosperous, Maine, has always thrived. While others suffered, the people there have remained fortunate, wealthy, secure, and insular throughout the centuries. Miles to the south, in Portland, a homeless man dies, and the disturbing manner of his death brings Prosperous to the attention of the private investigator Charlie Parker. He is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, rage, and the desire for vengeance. Prosperous and its townsfolk recognize that he poses a threat to their security that runs deeper than any in their long history. But this community has its own way of protecting itself, and its sheltered residents have marked Charlie for death so that Prosperous may survive. Prosperous, and the secret that is buried beneath it…