Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-360), discography (pages 361) and index.
Summary:
Paracritical Hinge is a collection of varied yet interrelated pieces highlighting Nathaniel Mackey's multifaceted work as writer and critic. It embraces topics ranging from Walt Whitman's interest in phrenology to the marginalization of African American experimental writing; from Kamau Brathwaite's "calibanistic" language practices to Federico García Lorca's flamenco aesthetic of duende and its continuing reprecussions; from H.D.'s desert measure and coastal way of knowing to the altered spatial disposition of Miles Davis's trumpet sound; from the lyric poems's present-day predicaments to gnosticism. Offering illuminating commentary on these and other artists, Paracritical Hinge also sheds light on Mackey's own work as a poet, fiction writer, and editor--back cover.
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