Meteor in the Madhouse

Meteor in the Madhouse

Author: Leon Forrest

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2011-08-31

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 0810128055

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"Five interconnected novellas framed by an account of the last days in the life of playwright Joubert Antoine Jones."--Jacket.


"In the Light of Likeness-transformed"

Author: Dana A. Williams

Publisher: Ohio State University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 0814209947

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""In the Light of Likeness - transformed" by Dana A. Williams looks critically at the work of contemporary African American author Leon Forrest. Not only does she bring to the critical table a well-known but as yet understudied modernist author - an important endeavor in and of itself - but she also explores Forrest's novels' cultural dialogue with black ethnic culture and other African American authors, as well as provides in-depth readings of his prose and interpretations of his narrative style." "Forrest's highly experimental narrative style, his reinterpretation of modernism, and his transformations of black cultural traditions into literary aesthetics often pose challenges of interpretation for the reader and the scholar alike. As the first single-authored book-length study of Forrest's novel, this book offers readers pathways into his fiction. What this culturalist approach to the novels reveals is that Forrest's fiction was foremost concerned with investigating ways for the African American to survive in the contemporary moment. Through a variety of characters, the novels reveal the African American's art of transformation - the ability to find ways to make the wretchedness of the past work in positive ways."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Conversations with Leon Forrest

Conversations with Leon Forrest

Author: Leon Forrest

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781578069903

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A collection of interviews in which African-American author Leon Forrest discusses his life, works, artistic vision, and more.


Archie & Friends #137

Archie & Friends #137

Author: Fernando Ruiz

Publisher: Archie Comic Publications

Published:

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 1627380205

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"A Night at the Comic Shop," Part One. Part one of a two-part story that reintroduces some of the most memorable characters Archie ever published! Working at the Pep Comics shop to get a discount on comics and a place to store his collection, Chuck is visited by his friends as he bags and boards. Suddenly, glowing meteors from the MLJ Nebula rain down in Riverdale, including one that crashes into the shop and morphs into a door to other dimensions! This cosmic portal leads to a world that Chuck, Archie and his friends have only ever seen in comics - a world of talking ducks and bears, super-powered heroes and oddball beings from other planets. It doesn't take them long to realize they are in the presence of a veritable 'who's who' of some of the greatest comic book characters ever published by Archie and its earlier incarnation, MLJ Comics: Captain Sprocket, Cosmo the Merry Martian, Squoimy the Woim, Gloomy Gus, Judge Owl, Ginger, Suzie and more! The trouble is, now that the 'fantasy world' has invaded the 'real world,' the 'fictional' characters seek as much a taste of reality as possible: Wilbur and Seymour want to meet 'real' girls to date, Pat the Brat realizes there's a whole new potential audience to pull pranks on, Cubby the Bear wants to see how earth bears live, and more. On top of it all, Super Duck and Reggie get into a no-holds-barred shouting match! Realizing the veritable 'Pandora's Box' situation they're in, Archie decides it would best for the comic book characters to go back through the portal to return to their own worlds, but the characters have other plans. Namely, they plan to stay indefinitely!


The Funk Era and Beyond

The Funk Era and Beyond

Author: T. Bolden

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0230614531

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The Funk Era and Beyond is the first scholarly collection to discuss the significance of funk music in America. Contributors employ a multitude of methodologies to examine this unique musical genre's relationship to African American culture and to music, literature, and visual art as a whole.


Ebony

Ebony

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2001-07

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.