{"product_id":"mi-revalueshanary-fren-with-cd-paperback","title":"Mi Revalueshanary Fren [With CD] - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinton Kwesi Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few poets of the last thirty years have approached his diversity of formal innovations; few have communicated so intensively via performances and recordings, as often as not with integral musical settings; and few have proved so effective politically... a living modern classic for real.\" --\u003ci\u003eLondon Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You can just hear the reggae drumbeat as his verse vacillates among fire, anger, fear, profound loss, and victory.\" --\u003ci\u003eSavoy Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e January 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The man writes some of the most moving poetry to be found in popular music.--David Bowie in \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"His observations are the rich fruits of both a lyrical childhood on a Jamaican farm, and his bottled anger on the streets of London. During his teenage years in Brixton, Johnson witnessed serial episodes of racial abuse and joined the Black Panthers movement in protest. There, he learned his history and culture, but found his own outlet.\"--Caroline Frost, BBC Four\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLinton Kwesi Johnson is the most influential black poet in Britain. The author of five previous collections of poetry and numerous record albums, he is known worldwide for his fusion of lyrical verse and reggae. Much of his work is written in the street Creole of the Caribbean communities in which he grew up in England. \u003ci\u003eMi Revalueshanary Fren\u003c\/i\u003e includes all of his best-known poems, which concern racism and politics, personal experience, philosophy, and the art of music, among other things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContains a full-length CD of Johnson reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of five previous collections of poetry and numerous record albums that have sold millions of copies, he is known world-wide for his fusion of lyrical verse and reggae (dub). He is only the second living poet to be published in Penguin's distinguished Modern Classics series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.56 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760149266720,"sku":"9781931337298","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/af6ae6322828164c988ada4e6cac47cc.webp?v=1780172822","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mi-revalueshanary-fren-with-cd-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}