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Author:

Otten, Christine, author.

Title:

The last poets / Christine Otten ; translated from the Dutch by Jonathan Reeder.

Publisher:

World Editions LLC,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

541 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Last Poets (Group)--Fiction.
Last Poets (Group)
African Americans--History--History--20th century--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980--Fiction.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Social conditions.
New York (State)--Harlem.--Harlem.
United States.
1900-1999
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.

Other Authors:

Reeder, Jonathan, translator.

Other Titles:

Laatste dichters. English

Notes:

First published in Dutch as De laatstte dichters in 2004 by Atlas Contact, Amsterdam. Published in the UK in 2015 by World Editions Ltd, London. Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"Harlem, 1969. The air is charged with hope and revolution; the Black Panthers are in their prime. This is the backdrop against which The Last Poets wrote their passionate, self-critical poetry. Widely known as the progenitors of hip hop, this legendary collective fought, strayed, and ultimately found each other again through the legacy of their own work. Christine Otten describes their youth in the ghetto, their love lives, and their triumphs and struggles in this beautifully written, sensuously swinging, biopic-style novel"--Cover, page 4.

ISBN:

9781642860030
1642860034

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1030766979

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)