CALL FOR POEMS -- EXTENDED DEADLINE!21st Century Howlers: A New Generation Jazz and Blues Anthology edited
by Tyehimba Jess, Duriel E. Harris and Patricia Smith.In the past ten to twenty years, a new generation of poets has emerged
that seeks to expand and deepen the call-and-response tradition of Jazz
and Blues music into the 21st century. Many of these poets may have not
experienced a time when Blues or Jazz were the country's common
vernacular or were played with any heavy rotation on their local radio
stations.As we quickly approach the centennial of Jazz and Blues, this anthology
seeks to gather the voices of a new generation of Howlers: those poets
whose work embodies or addresses the musical traditions of Jazz and
Blues, and who began actively publishing no earlier than 1995. Editors
are particularly interested in innovative approaches, reinterpretations,
and engagements with the contemporary socio-historical moment and/or
Jazz and Blues scene. Each poet featured in the anthology will provide a
short commentary or anecdote on the ways Blues and/or Jazz have affected
their writing.E-mails should contain a cover letter and submission as one attachment
in Microsoft Word. Previously published work must be acknowledged in the
cover letter. Submissions will be taken on an ongoing basis until
September 1, 2010, c/o 21stHowlers@gmail.com
<mailto:21stHowlers%40gmail.com>.