Leadbelly
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$14.00
Author: Tyehimba Jess
Publisher: Wave Books (2005)
A biography in poems, Leadbelly examines the life and times of the legendary blues musician from a variety of intimate and historical perspectives, using a range of innovative poetic forms. A collage of song, culture and circumstance, alive and speaking.
“This is one of the most powerful exchanges between poetry and history that I have read.”
–Toi Derricotte