POETRY + LITERATURE

    Hip-hop and Poetry

    Hip-hop and Poetry

    Presented by Rhodes College at Rhodes College: Blount Auditorium: Buckman Hall

    April 1, 2009

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    Hip-hop scholar Adam Bradley will discuss his new study, "Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip-Hop." Rap may be the most revolutionary development in poetry over the past thirty years, and yet its originality is often hidden in plain sight. Beneath the beat, the bluster, and the hype, the heart of hip hop lies in its lyrics. Book of Rhymes explores America's least understood poets, unpacking their complex craft and according them the respect they deserve as lyricists. Examining the language and techniques of hip hop's most memorable artists, Book of Rhymes argues that a new world of rhythm and rhyme awaits us if we only put aside our preconceptions and approach rap with new ears and new eyes. Featuring lyrics and wisdom from Melle Mel, William Shakespeare, Run-DMC, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Rakim, Emily Dickinson, Public Enemy, T. S. Eliot, De La Soul, Langston Hughes, A Tribe Called Quest, William Butler Yeats, The Notorious B. I. G., Robert Frost, Tupac, Edward Hirsch, Jay-Z, Derek Walcott, Eminem, Frances Mayes, Kanye West, Ted Kooser, Lil Wayne, and more. For more information: http://www.adamfbradley.com/rhymes.php http://adamfbradley.com/


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        Rhodes College: Blount Auditorium: Buckman Hall

        2000 North Parkway
        Memphis, TN 38112

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        April 1, 2009

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        7-9pm

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          Comment posted by: Florence Bruce from Memphis, TN , Mar 03, 2009

          I will see that this activity is mentioned at the next meeting of PST. Representatives of this activity might, in fact, wish to visit PST's March meeting at Christ United Methodist Church next... Expand

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          I will see that this activity is mentioned at the next meeting of PST. Representatives of this activity might, in fact, wish to visit PST's March meeting at Christ United Methodist Church next... Expand

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