Tyehimba Je
Biographic Data
| ID | 1016860 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tyehimba Je |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tyehimba |
| FAMILY NAME | Je |
| SIGNATURE | JE T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Remembering Terry Adkins, and: Terry Adkins Told Me: (May 9, 1953-February 8, 2014)
Remembering Terry Adkins, and: Terry Adkins Told Me(May 9, 1953-February 8, 2014) Tyehimba Jess [End Page 1] Click for larger view View full resolution Terry Adkins (May 9, 1953-February 8, 2014) Portrait of Terry in his Brooklyn home, 2012 Photograph courtesy of LaMont Hamilton © 2012 [End Page 2] TERRY ADKINS TOLD ME Be banjo-eyed. Be iridescent.Be collared green equationsof coiled funk. Warrior maska calligraphy of rivershined howlall bottletr…
Edmonia Lewis, Provenance and: Minnehaha, Marble, 1868, Edmonia Lewis and: Indian Combat, and: Indian Combat, Marble, 1868, Edmonia Lewis and: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, Marble, 1864, Edmonia Lewis an…
Edmonia Lewis, Provenance and: Minnehaha, Marble, 1868, Edmonia Lewis and: Indian Combat, and: Indian Combat, Marble, 1868, Edmonia Lewis and: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, Marble, 1864, Edmonia Lewis and: My Name is Sissieretta Jones, and: Sissieretta Jones, Carnegie Hall, 1902, O patria mia Tyehimba Jess (bio) EDMONIA LEWIS Provenance provenance: (n) a record of ownership of a work of art, used as a guide to authenticity or quality. Provenance is …
An Interview with Courtney Bryan
An Interview with Courtney Bryan Tyehimba Jess (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Tyehimba Jess Callaloo © 2012 Click for larger view View full resolution Courtney Bryan Callaloo © 2012 [End Page 600] Courtney Bryan is a resounding affirmation for the future of African American classical and jazz composers. She is a young maestra deeply entrenched in her native New Orleanian musical tradition, embroiled in the New York Jazz scene, i…
Dying Cleopatra
Dying Cleopatra* Tyehimba Jess (bio) She reached into the ground with saw and sluice, chiseled me down from mountainous until I was almost mortal, perched me in the throne of Death’s promise to Life, and fashioned me a legend unlocked from Earth’s history. Her brown hands bore me alabaster smooth from rubble to royalty, birthed me into the breach of my last breath, baptized me in the burn of her sweat over my every ripple and curve to teach me lo…
Alexander's Real Slow Drag
Alexander’s Real Slow Drag* Tyehimba Jess (bio) Berlin v. Joplin Two years or so ago, I heard my kidnapped tune when Alexander’s Ragtime Band was ramblin’ drunk all through Tin Pan Alley. a big hit, Then, I heard someone started the report ‘bout the minstrel leer it wore among the publishers smeared with burnt cork. I know that I had paid ragtime’s cost—it’s a bright negro treasure . . . ten dollars ain’t no price for it I’d take . . . and then .…
Coon Songs Must Go! Coon Songs Go On
Coon Songs Must Go! Coon Songs Go On . . . Tyehimba Jess (bio) 1 A show goes all ‘cross country, to a farmland country town or big city— —some low down uppity Negroes put loudmouth blame on a coon shouter minstrel for how he sings moanin’ “Coon, Coon, Coon” or some other song —but we wear blackface that has plenty of coon in it to make white folks’ truths easier, with an emphasis on the word coon. to mask the ugly in their mirrors.Left side is ex…
Fisk Jubilee Song of Sonnets
Fisk Jubilee Song of Sonnets Tyehimba Jess (bio) Jubilee Proclamation (choral) O sing unto the Lord a new song; born from newly freed throats. Sprung loose from lungs once bound within bonded skin. Scored from dawn to dusk with coffle and lash. Every tongue unfurled as the body’s flag. Every breath conjured despite loss we’ve had. Bear witness to the birthing of our hymn from scorned depths of America’s sin. Soul-worn psalms, blessed in our blood…
Prisoner #489235, Parchman Farm, Mississippi, September 3, 1934
time don't way no lesser tho. we got to hunch it up at sunrise cause when thay says go you got to go an then you keep on till the sun hidin an then maby som mor after that. but do not worry Baby it will be allrit. four mor years an then i be home. in time
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Prisoner #489235, Parchman Farm, Mississippi, September 3, 1934
time don't way no lesser tho. we got to hunch it up at sunrise cause when thay says go you got to go an then you keep on till the sun hidin an then maby som mor after that. but do not worry Baby it will be allrit. four mor years an then i be home. in time
Coon Songs Must Go! Coon Songs Go On
Coon Songs Must Go! Coon Songs Go On . . . Tyehimba Jess (bio) 1 A show goes all ‘cross country, to a farmland country town or big city— —some low down uppity Negroes put loudmouth blame on a coon shouter minstrel for how he sings moanin’ “Coon, Coon, Coon” or some other song —but we wear blackface that has plenty of coon in it to make white folks’ truths easier, with an emphasis on the word coon. to mask the ugly in their mirrors.Left side is ex…
Fisk Jubilee Song of Sonnets
Fisk Jubilee Song of Sonnets Tyehimba Jess (bio) Jubilee Proclamation (choral) O sing unto the Lord a new song; born from newly freed throats. Sprung loose from lungs once bound within bonded skin. Scored from dawn to dusk with coffle and lash. Every tongue unfurled as the body’s flag. Every breath conjured despite loss we’ve had. Bear witness to the birthing of our hymn from scorned depths of America’s sin. Soul-worn psalms, blessed in our blood…
An Interview with Courtney Bryan
An Interview with Courtney Bryan Tyehimba Jess (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Tyehimba Jess Callaloo © 2012 Click for larger view View full resolution Courtney Bryan Callaloo © 2012 [End Page 600] Courtney Bryan is a resounding affirmation for the future of African American classical and jazz composers. She is a young maestra deeply entrenched in her native New Orleanian musical tradition, embroiled in the New York Jazz scene, i…
Dying Cleopatra
Dying Cleopatra* Tyehimba Jess (bio) She reached into the ground with saw and sluice, chiseled me down from mountainous until I was almost mortal, perched me in the throne of Death’s promise to Life, and fashioned me a legend unlocked from Earth’s history. Her brown hands bore me alabaster smooth from rubble to royalty, birthed me into the breach of my last breath, baptized me in the burn of her sweat over my every ripple and curve to teach me lo…
Alexander's Real Slow Drag
Alexander’s Real Slow Drag* Tyehimba Jess (bio) Berlin v. Joplin Two years or so ago, I heard my kidnapped tune when Alexander’s Ragtime Band was ramblin’ drunk all through Tin Pan Alley. a big hit, Then, I heard someone started the report ‘bout the minstrel leer it wore among the publishers smeared with burnt cork. I know that I had paid ragtime’s cost—it’s a bright negro treasure . . . ten dollars ain’t no price for it I’d take . . . and then .…
Edmonia Lewis, Provenance and: Minnehaha, Marble, 1868, Edmonia Lewis and: Indian Combat, and: Indian Combat, Marble, 1868, Edmonia Lewis and: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, Marble, 1864, Edmonia Lewis an…
Edmonia Lewis, Provenance and: Minnehaha, Marble, 1868, Edmonia Lewis and: Indian Combat, and: Indian Combat, Marble, 1868, Edmonia Lewis and: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, Marble, 1864, Edmonia Lewis and: My Name is Sissieretta Jones, and: Sissieretta Jones, Carnegie Hall, 1902, O patria mia Tyehimba Jess (bio) EDMONIA LEWIS Provenance provenance: (n) a record of ownership of a work of art, used as a guide to authenticity or quality. Provenance is …
Remembering Terry Adkins, and: Terry Adkins Told Me: (May 9, 1953-February 8, 2014)
Remembering Terry Adkins, and: Terry Adkins Told Me(May 9, 1953-February 8, 2014) Tyehimba Jess [End Page 1] Click for larger view View full resolution Terry Adkins (May 9, 1953-February 8, 2014) Portrait of Terry in his Brooklyn home, 2012 Photograph courtesy of LaMont Hamilton © 2012 [End Page 2] TERRY ADKINS TOLD ME Be banjo-eyed. Be iridescent.Be collared green equationsof coiled funk. Warrior maska calligraphy of rivershined howlall bottletr…
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