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03818aam a2200445 i 4500 001 4A0E54704EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221018010048 008 210409t20212021onc b 000 p eng 020 $a 1774150530 020 $a 9781774150535 035 $a (OCoLC)1245579250 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d CDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a lac 050 4 $a PR9199.4.S635 $b S43 2021 055 0 $a PS8637.M5595 $b S43 2021 082 04 $a C811/.6 $a C811/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Smith, Charles C., $d 1953- $e author. 245 10 $a Searching for Eastman : $b a performance poem / $c Charles C. Smith. 264 1 $a Toronto, Ontario, Canada : $b Mawenzi House, $c [2021] 300 $a 85 pages ; $c 21 cm 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 520 $a "Searching for Eastman is a multidisciplinary performance in 4 acts based on the interpretation of four of Eastman's compositions through poetry, theatre, music, dance, and video. these pieces are: (1) evil nigger; (2) prelude to st. joan; (3) stay on it; and (4) gay guerrilla. this work is a choreopoem whose roots trace through the african griot tradition, the harlem renaissance (e.g. the work of langston hughes with Katherine dunham and kurt weill), the black arts movement (e.g., amiri baraka's work with sun ra) and defined as "a form of dramatic expression that combines poetry, dance, music, and song...(as) first coined in 1975 by ntozake shange in a description of her work, "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf." each act reveals something of eastman's life, from childhood on with particular attention to his being caught between worlds, neither home in black or queer spaces during times of turbulence related to these identities. the first act checks in on how such a persona came to be, the construction of this liminal space in the myopic stasis of 1950s mccarthyism sanitized suburban america followed by the hot political 1960s' focus on freedom and identities. the second act unfolds his core practice, its methods and madness, the controversies he was at the heart of in the emerging canon of american minimalism, his seeming yearning for martyrdom. the third act is that of his relationships, torrid and engaging, short and destructive, demanding. the final act is his rebellion as warrior guerrilla, abandoned and alone, disappearing into the nebulous world of homelessness, drugs and alcohol. each act is structured in time with eastman's music to honour his work and the stories he seemed to be telling in them. also, there are moments in between each piece where the audience will be able to participate by reading his words, or words of others about him, while associated images appear on screen."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Act 1. Evil nigger -- Act 2. St. Joan -- Act 3. Stay on it -- Act 4. Gay guerrilla. 600 10 $a Eastman, Julius $v Poetry. 600 17 $a Eastman, Julius. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00238640 650 0 $a African American gay men $v Poetry. 650 7 $a African American gay men. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799178 655 7 $a poetry. $2 aat $0 (CStmoGRI)aatgf300055931 655 7 $a Poetry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423828 655 7 $a Verse drama. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01922580 655 7 $a Poetry. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Verse drama. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a PoeÌsie. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000476 655 7 $a TheÌaÌtre en vers. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000639 776 08 $i Online version: $a Smith, Charles C., 1953- $t Searching for Eastman. $d Toronto : Mawenzi House, 2021 $z 9781774150542 $z 9781774150542 $w (OCoLC)1264681013 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117021047.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4A0E54704EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search