Olio by Tyehimba Jess

256 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history music poetry reflective slow-paced

Description

Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an ef...

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Moods

reflective 100%
challenging 75%
dark 75%
emotional 75%
inspiring 50%
informative 25%
sad 25%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 25%

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