Hokum

Download or read book Hokum written by Paul Beatty and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Some of the funniest writers don't write, so included are selections from well-known yet unpublished wits Lightnin' Hopkins, Mike Tyson, and the Reverend Al Sharpton.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.

Download or read book Hokum written by Kristina Garlick and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?

Download or read book Hokum written by C.R. Endacott and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time.

Download or read book Hokum! written by Rob King and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Professor Kookoo's Hokum written by Arthur LeRoy Kaser and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hokum: Theory and Scales for Fiddle Tunes and Fiddle Improvisation written by Leon Grizzard and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Vanity Fair written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: