Lansana, Quraysh Ali 2017
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aint got no mind ta leev dis place
go on moses find yo promise lan
mines is here beside dis fire
wid folks we knows from when we’s born
– Quraysh Ali Lansana, “faithless”
Read this interview with Quraysh Ali Lansana from the Gawker:
The BreakBeat Poets on How Hip-Hop Revolutionized American Poetry
The success of hip-hop has radically reshaped many American art forms. This is particularly true of poetry. Although the links are sometimes drawn too hastily between the two mediums-after all, hip-hop is at its heart a popular form of entertainment, where narrative style is just one dimension of its artistic importance-hip-hop has been drastically underrated, considering how radically it has influenced American poetics.
yo baby i aint too old jus yet
jus round thirty-one i think make us a home john one
where we’s both free free from de lash’s shadow free like de lord
mean got dis suit fo ya john aint nobody worn dese clothes befo
walk proud in dese clothese dese is free mans cloths
– Quraysh Ali Lansana, “long way home”
Watch Quraysh Ali Lansana read here:
Quraysh Ali Lansana: The Walmart Republic
Quraysh Ali Lansana stops by the Academy of American Poets to discuss his latest book of poems, The Walmart Republic, cowritten by Christopher Stewart. *For highest quality playback, change your view settings using the gear icon to 720p HD.
