Comments (usuable in publicity) on James A. Emanuel's poetry

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Comments (usable in publicity) on James A. Emanuel’s poetry: “In the annals of American poetry it is difficult to conceive of a more neglected great poet than James A. Emanuel” (Daniel E. Scheider, “The Not So Strange Emanuel Case,” Internet essay, March 6, 2001, www. Cosmoetica.com/S1-DES1.htm, else- where adding “for my money THE most neglected published poet of the 20th Century.” “Emanuel is a GREAT POET-period.” (Schneider, same essay, p. 4) “Un poète de premier order ....Indubitablement, Emanuel a dèja plus d’un pied sur la terre -pro- Mise.” (Michel Fabre, rev. of The Force and the Reckoning in AFRAM Review, June 2001) “I love [italics his] your work, and look forward to reading more.” (Ltr from Henry Louis Gates, 1995) With “a grand irony,” Emanual writes “direct- experience poetry,” beautiful poems, but also poems “short and violent like sort of a rifle shot.” (“Panorama” program, France Culture Ra- dio, 3 Sept. 1992) “Dr. Emanuel, a pioneer in the study of black li- terature and a critically acclaimed poet, is a living link to past expatriates, says Princeton University literary scholar Arnold Rampersad .... There were no courses in African American liter- ature when Emanuel started out .... He researched everything from the original texts. Dr. Emanuel managed to publish an error-free volume on [Lang- ston] Hughes. My book had mistakes .... His didn’t.” (Toni Y. Joseph, One Voice, 1994, pp. 144-45) “It is high time for James A. Emanuel, one of our finest and most adventurous poets, to receive his due acclaim. ... to be heard round the world.” (X.J. Kennedy, cover of The Force and the Reckoning.) The Force and the Reckoning “is splendid and original achievement. I know of know similar book.” (Michel Fabre, cover of this book) Naomi on JAZZ (ltr 19.04.2000), herein.

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Naomi on Jazz (ltr 19.04.2000), herein

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  • container title
    James A. Emanuel Papers
  • issue
    Box 14 Folder 13 Miscellany, 1948, 2007, undated
  • rights
    James A. Emanuel Estate
  • rights holder
    James A. Emanuel Estate