Jelly Roll (poetry collection)
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| Author | Kevin Young |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | January 1, 2003 |
| Pages | 208 |
| Awards | Finalist, National Book Award |
| ISBN | 978-0-375-41460-2 |
Jelly Roll: A Blues is a 2003 poetry collection by Kevin Young.
The 208-page book – Young's third – is named for jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton and develops a blues-based collection of love poems,[1] written predominantly in two-line stanzas.[2] In 2003, it was a National Book Award finalist.[3] At Flavorwire, Jonathon Sturgeon described Jelly Roll as "one of several unimpeachably great books by Young...a poetic proof of the limitless emotional range of blues music and its embeddedness in the American imaginarium."[4]
References
- ^ Gilsdorf, Ethan (17 April 2007). "Poet Kevin Young teaches 'to liberate all the voices'". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: JELLY ROLL (A BLUES) by Kevin Young, Author . Knopf $23 (208p) ISBN 978-0-375-41460-2". Publishers Weekly. November 25, 2002. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Kevin Young, 2003 NBA Finalist: Poetry, The National Book Foundation". www.nationalbook.org. The National Book Foundation. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ Sturgeon, Jonathon (4 February 2016). "Music, Memory, and Black Bodies: Kevin Young's Brilliant Variations on the Blues". Flavorwire. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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