The word the blues A meditation
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The word/the blues. A meditation. Investigating blues poetry, an old tradition.
The blues haunts us, haints us, holds us tight to memory. Ancestor bound and rhythm rocked, it recalls our hurts, healing them through a bent-note gospel of moan. Hard hearted blues. Hard-workin' blues. Lost Woman blues. Baby, come back blues. Blues birthed between the thighs of hallelujah shouts ...
March 1, 2004; Black Issues Book Review
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