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Author:

Alessandrelli, Jeff, author.

Title:

The Man on High : essays on skateboarding, hip-hop, poetry and The Notorious B.I.G. / Jeff Alessandrelli.

Publisher:

Eyewear Publishing Ltd,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

162 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Notorious B.I.G.,--1972-1997--Influence.
African American musicians--Influence.
Hip-hop--Influence.
Poetry slams--Influence.
American poetry--African American authors.
Skateboarding.
Rap musicians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154).

Contents:

The man on high -- Biggie Smalls skateboarding superstar -- Sound -- I remember -- Frank O'Hara's Notorious B.I.G. -- Vision -- I remember -- 'I don't know what they're talking about. But the music is good.' -- CODA -- Anniversaries -- Arrivals.

Summary:

Literary Nonfiction. Art. Film. Music. Twenty years after the murder of The Notorious B.I.G., THE MAN ON HIGH melds the creative and the critical, and questions what legacy means in the 21st century. Contemplating Biggie through the lens of both skateboarding and poetry, Jeff Alessandrelli's THE MAN ON HIGH illuminates how The Notorious B.I.G. will always be rapping in the present tense.

Series:

Squint books.

ISBN:

1912477025
9781912477029

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)