Hokum

Hokum PDF Author: Paul Beatty
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596917164
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 482

Book Description
Edited by the author of The Sellout, winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize, Hokum is a liberating, eccentric, savagely comic anthology of the funniest writing by black Americans. This book is less a comprehensive collection than it is a mix-tape narrative dubbed by a trusted friend-a sampler of underground classics, rare grooves, and timeless summer jams, poetry and prose juxtaposed with the blues, hip-hop, political speeches, and the world's funniest radio sermon. The subtle musings of Toni Cade Bambara, Henry Dumas, and Harryette Mullen are bracketed by the profane and often loud ruminations of Langston Hughes, Darius James, Wanda Coleman, Tish Benson, Steve Cannon, and Hattie Gossett. Some of the funniest writers don't write, so included are selections from well-known yet unpublished wits Lightnin' Hopkins, Mike Tyson, and the Reverend Al Sharpton. Selections also come from public figures and authors whose humor, although incisive and profound, is often overlooked: Malcolm X, Suzan-Lori Parks, Zora Neale Hurston, Sojourner Truth, and W.E.B. Dubois. Groundbreaking, fierce, and hilarious, this is a necessary anthology for any fan or student of American writing, with a huge range and a smart, political grasp of the uses of humor.

Hokum

Hokum PDF Author: Kristina Garlick
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 131275866X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
Imagine that fairy tales are real and you are a prince or princess. By birthright, you were given special gifts, which bound you to your kingdom. However, unhappy in your royal and caged existence, you vanish into the night. You go to Earth and life is good or at least it was, until someone wicked released the Quay... AGAIN. If you decide to go back to the fairy tale world to defeat this great evil, you will be stuck there forever. There would be no disappearing, this time. Yet, if the crisis is ignored and you stay in New Jersey, could you really live with yourself?

Hokum

Hokum PDF Author: C.R. Endacott
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450201954
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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Hokum!

Hokum! PDF Author: Rob King
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520288114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Hokum! is the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, author Rob King explores the slapstick short’s Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing culture. Each chapter is grounded in case studies of comedians and comic teams, including the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, and Robert Benchley. The book also examines how the past legacy of silent-era slapstick was subsequently reimagined as part of a nostalgic mythology of Hollywood’s youth.

Hokum: Theory and Scales for Fiddle Tunes and Fiddle Improvisation

Hokum: Theory and Scales for Fiddle Tunes and Fiddle Improvisation PDF Author: Leon Grizzard
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1609742338
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
This book is written to accomplish three purposes: (1) to teach music theory and scales as applied to fiddle tunes in the American and Celtic traditions; (2) to teach fiddle improvisation; and (3) to present additional material to help the fiddler who wants to play in other popular styles. Addresses major, minor and blues scales, diminished chords and more. Useful to any instrumentalist, this is not just another collection of licks, nor is it a book of transcriptions. This book teaches the theoretical framework of fiddle tunes and of fiddle soloing; the scales and arpeggios that fiddlers actually use, whether they know it or not. If you improvise or play variations on tunes now, this book will help you understand what works and why.

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dressmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 854

Book Description

The Old Hokum Bucket

The Old Hokum Bucket PDF Author: Ernest Rogers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description

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