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James Emanuel in what might be Sidi-bou-said in Tunisia Photo
![[19 Jan. 1990]
1990 PROGRAM
HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON
MARION BROWN Saxophonist
TONNIE CLARK Dancer
RICARDO D’AFRICA Poet
JAMES EMANUEL Poet
CHANSSE EVANNS Saxophonist
BOBBY FEW Pianist
BOBI JOCELYN Vocalist
LILLIAN LAGARRIGUE Announcer
MRA OMA Trumpetist
KHARIM POORMAN Dancer
MIKE ROBERSON Gospel Voice
JOHN SPINDEL Violinist
1988 Participants
Joe Turner Dr. Sessem
March Thompson Steve Lacy
François Tusques Benny Waters
Art Lewis Chansse Evanns
Mitchell Thouseau Lillian Lagarrique
James Emanuel Willie Qist
John Kliphan Bridget Servan
Cynthia McPherson Nicole Kliphan
1989 Participants
Gregg Hunger Monique-Ange Hertin
Liz MaCombe Bob Drewry
Mark Thompson Chansse Evanns
Birgit Von Keller
+(For the Concert Room at the American Church.
(1988-89-90)
....Bob Bishop....](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/9/c/c/9ccbb189-f805-4c09-9101-701cd8cc648e/attachment/e63d8937abfa1f4a2ffaf21031d90f9b.jpg)
Jazz tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. 3rd Annual (page 2 of 2)
![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.](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/4/4/5/445e8d3e-1f19-48f9-9797-249dbc7d1dff/attachment/accf4d36017c7f74427f5cc6a1625b02.jpg)
Comments (usuable in publicity) on James A. Emanuel's poetry
Letter from Paule Marshall
![Cédric BRUT, 1 April 2004 02-
(1973) has my essay "Christ in Alabama: Religion
in the Poetry of Langston Hughes."
Hughes told me that his ambition was "to il—
luminate the condition of the Negro in America."
He put the voice of his people, their tones,
accents, and phrases into his works; and that
mixture includes "language jazzistique".
I wrote this letter in a hurry, necessarily,
and I hope that it helps you a little. Good luck
with your present and future projects.
Sincerely,
[signature - J Emanuel]](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/0/b/c/0bcc5ddd-a24e-4213-99ab-ece29f98fd58/attachment/f464467b879d95c859aeee90647f8b3c.jpg)
Letter to Cedric Brut April 1 2004 Page 2 of 2
Letter to Leroy Hart Bibbs January 1994
Letter from Cedric Brut Page 1 of 2