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02733aam a2200457 i 4500 001 27011210B70111EC81A6B5F021ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220408010011 008 210817r20221996nyu b 000 f eng 010 $a 2021035597 020 $a 0143136593 020 $a 9780143136590 035 $a (OCoLC)1260190547 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TCH $d DCB $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usc-- $a n-usc-- 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Major, Clarence, $e author. 245 10 $a Dirty bird blues / $c Clarence Major ; foreword by Yusef Komunyakaa ; introduction by John Beckman. 264 1 $a [New York, New York] : $b Penguin Books, $c 2022. 300 $a xxvi, 350 pages ; $c 20 cm. 500 $a "First published in the United States of America by Mercury House 1996." -- Title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Set in post-World War II Chicago and Omaha, the novel features Manfred Banks, a young, harmonica-blowing blues singer who is always writing music in his head. Torn between his friendships with fellow musicians and nightclub life and his responsibilities to his wife and child, along with the pressures of dealing with a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in 'Dirty Bird' (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. He moves to Omaha with hopes of better opportunities as a blue-collar worker, but the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred, we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the poetry and the poignancy of the African-American experience. As Manfred struggles with the oppressive constraints of society and his private turmoil, his rich inner voice resonates with the blues." -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Blues (Music) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African American musicians $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Blues musicians $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Working class $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Race relations $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Chicago (Ill.) $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Middle West $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Komunyakaa, Yusef, $e writer of foreword. 700 1 $a Beckman, John, $e writer of introduction. 941 $a 2 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804024519.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220408010103.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=27011210B70111EC81A6B5F021ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search