Drifting on a Read: Jazz As a Model for Writing
Drifting on a Read: Jazz As a Model for Writing
Publisher: State University of New York Press | pages: 227 | 1999 | ISBN: 0791440974 | CHM | 14 mb
Publisher: State University of New York Press | pages: 227 | 1999 | ISBN: 0791440974 | CHM | 14 mb
For almost a century, writers such as Ralph Ellison, Michael Ondaatje, and Ishmael Reed have expressed an affinity for jazz, hearing the music as a model for writing. Michael Jarrett examines their work and the work of others who have brought jazz into language, pushing "interpretation" into the realm of "invention."