UID:
almahu_9949546459902882
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1 online resource (152 p.)
ISBN:
9781478023579
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9783110766912
Content:
Following the Attica prison uprising in September 1971, Celes Tisdale-a poet and then professor at Buffalo State College-began leading poetry workshops with those incarcerated at Attica. Tisdale's workshop created a space of radical Black creativity and solidarity, in which poets who lived through the uprising were able to turn their experiences into poetry. The poems written by Tisdale's students were published as Betcha Ain't: Poems from Attica in 1974. When the Smoke Cleared contains the entirety of Betcha Ain't, Tisdale's own poems and journal entries from the three years he taught at Attica, a previously unpublished collection of poems by Attica poets, and a critical introduction by poet Mark Nowak. In addition to the poetry, Tisdale's journal entries give readers a unique opportunity to experience what it was like to enter Attica as an educator and return week after week to discuss poetry. When the Smoke Cleared showcases these poets' achievements, their desire for self-determination, and their historical role as storytellers of Black life in a prison monitored exclusively by white guards and administrators.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Introduction: Celes Tisdale's Poetry Workshop at Attica --
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Introduction to the Original Printing of Betcha Ain't --
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Betcha Ain't --
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Forget? --
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The Autumn Song --
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Speed --
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Attica Reflections --
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Some Haiku --
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Dialing --
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1st Page --
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Tears --
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Sleep --
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People --
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To Moms --
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Cage Kill Label --
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13th of Genocide --
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Dainty-Stepping Peaches --
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Brown-Eyed Devil --
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Revolution Is --
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Buffalo --
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Pre-sentence Report --
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Quit Dreaming --
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The Cure --
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Tempting --
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Polarization --
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Today --
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Nature --
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Good Old Days --
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A Thought --
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Solidarity and/or the More with the United Merrier --
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Mahalia --
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Running It --
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Formula for Attica Repeats --
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Betcha Ain't --
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Just Another Page --
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The Red-Neck Coke Machine --
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Black Dolphin --
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Out of Black Love --
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Haiku --
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Cinquain --
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Potato Chip Song Lady --
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Hop-Sing, Lesson No. 1 --
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Little Girl --
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Night Flight to Hanoi --
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What Makes a Man Free? --
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Extremist! --
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Guess Who --
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Ain't It the Truth --
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A Humble Muslim --
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At Last --
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Age --
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Black Women!! --
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Sept. 13 --
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Was It Necessary? --
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Poet --
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Celes Tisdale's Attica Poem and Journal --
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The Men --
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Attica - A Diary (From the Outside/Inside) --
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When the Smoke Cleared --
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Rain Song --
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The Hermit's Ghost --
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The Odyssey of Louie Fats --
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ATTICKA ATTICKA --
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Synopsis of a Hummingbird --
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Rise On --
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Mercy Killing --
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City Interlude --
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/PRISON POETS/ --
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A Stretch-Sketch --
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Weekend in a Springhill Mine --
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The Battle of Joe Meek --
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Sounds of Silence --
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" The Death of Bang-Bang Charlie" --
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Shadows --
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Palm Sunday --
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"Olé" --
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Applause to Archie Shepp & Co. --
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The End of Summer --
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Twelve Past the Hour of Forty-Three: Attica - Sept. 13, 1971 --
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Epilogue: Remember This --
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Acknowledgments --
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Appendix: Workshop Documents
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
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Duke University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766912
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781478018940
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781478023579
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