{"product_id":"fraternal-light-on-painting-while-black-paperback","title":"Fraternal Light: On Painting While Black - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArlene Keizer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCornelius Eady\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fraternal Light: On Painting While Black is a lyric evocation of the life and work of the great African American artist Beauford Delaney. These poems pay homage to Delaney's resilience and ingenuity in the face of profound adversity. Although his work never garnered the acclaim it deserves-but is finally receiving-Delaney was well known and highly respected in African American cultural circles, among bohemian writers and artists based in Greenwich Village from the 1930s to the early 1950s, and in Parisian avant-garde and expatriate enclaves from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. Delaney's paintings and personal history elicited a powerful emotional response from Arlene Keizer, who has crafted a diasporic ceremony of remembrance for this Black, gay male visionary. Fraternal Light offers back an answering complexity to Delaney's life and work. One form of art calls out; another answers. Keizer's poems make the contours and challenges of Delaney's life visible, which is especially urgent in a world still frequently hostile or indifferent to Black creative brilliance\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2022 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFraternal Light: On Painting While Black\u003c\/em\u003e is a lyric evocation of the life and work of the great African American artist Beauford Delaney. These poems pay homage to Delaney's resilience and ingenuity in the face of profound adversity. Although his work never garnered the acclaim it deserves--and is finally receiving--Delaney was well known and highly respected in African American cultural circles, among bohemian writers and artists based in Greenwich Village from the 1930s to the early 1950s, and in Parisian avant-garde and expatriate enclaves from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawn to Delaney's painting and personal history through her emotional response to his work, especially his portraits, Arlene Keizer has crafted a diasporic ceremony of remembrance for this Black, gay male visionary. \u003cem\u003eFraternal Light\u003c\/em\u003e offers back an answering complexity to Delaney's life and work. One form of art calls out; another answers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeizer's poems make the contours and challenges of Delaney's life visible, which is especially urgent in a world still frequently hostile or indifferent to Black creative brilliance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArlene Keizer\u003c\/strong\u003e, an Afro-Caribbean American poet and scholar, writes about the literature, lived experience, theory, and visual art of the African Diaspora. The recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize, she is the author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Subjects: Identity Formation in the Contemporary Narrative of Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e, and her poems and articles have appeared in \u003cem\u003eAfrican American Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e Kenyon Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Poem-a-Day, and \u003cem\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.52 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352581751033,"sku":"9781606354681","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/9ZgeDrNhqG9781606354681.webp?v=1769811408","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/fraternal-light-on-painting-while-black-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}