{"product_id":"things-i-must-have-known-paperback","title":"Things I Must Have Known - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. B. Spellman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Read this collection and you will need no one to convince you that poetry is a necessity.\"--Keorapetse Kgositsile, South African National Poet Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a long hiatus from poetry, A.B. Spellman, a founding member of the Black Arts Movement and a nationally recognized jazz scholar, returns with an exuberant, generous collection. Touching on creativity and fatherhood, racism and workplace politics, his poems address the most important personal and public events of the last seventy years--of how it felt to grow up black in a segregated America, of the transformational experience of hearing John Coltrane live, of the give-and-take of a long marriage, and of the importance and inspiration of good friends: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eif, as the yoruba say, all human beings\u003cbr\u003ecover their nakedness with other human beings\u003cbr\u003ehow does friendship accomplish love? for i am\u003cbr\u003enever so bare as i am with you.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003elovers \u0026amp; siblings do not have this. they have\u003cbr\u003etoo much to defend \u0026amp; defend against \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003ewe do not. we have thoughts that match\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; easy laughter. we have the wisdom of the ocean\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; all the breeze that calls it there\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA.B. Spellman\u003c\/b\u003e spent thirty years at the National Endowment for the Arts, serving as deputy chairman for a decade. He has been a regular commentator on jazz for National Public Radio and is the author of \u003ci\u003eFour Jazz Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, a classic in the field of jazz criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA.B. Spellman is both a founding member of the Black Arts Movement and a nationally recognized jazz scholar. He worked at the National Endowment for the Arts for thirty years, ten of those as Deputy Chairman. Before beginning his tenure at the NEA, Spellman was an active poet and regular commentator on jazz for National Public Radio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 147\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.9 x 6.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427369959602,"sku":"9781566892117","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a14f1da4065b621cfe6d949e29d3a16a.webp?v=1778522886","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/things-i-must-have-known-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}