{"product_id":"ask-me-now-9780253218766","title":"Ask Me Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConversations on jazz and literature with some of America's most important artists and writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsk Me Now is an excellent and engaging collection. I would recommend this book to anyone who wanted to learn more about jazz, about writing, and about the connections between writing and music. Volume 32, Issue 5, 2009\u003c\/p\u003e * Popular Music and Society *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interviewees cover a wide range from jazz-aware poets to literature-aware jazzers...many of the litterateurs not only have genuine enthusiasm for the music but seem to know an awful lot about it...Feinstein's agenda is all about proving that poets have a right to draw on jazz for inspiration.August 2008\u003c\/p\u003e -- Brian Priestley * Jazzwise *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo matter how much one might know about jazz and the ways contemporary writers make use of the music, this book is a find and a pleasure to read.\u003c\/p\u003e * American Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . convey[s] the power of language within a framework of artistic expression that is both scholarly relevant and readily accessible to readers. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e * Metro Spirit *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn looking at the relationship between jazz and literature, these interviews take up, among other things, the nature of jazz and its frequent neglect in the US. . . . [T]he book offers many original revelations from creative individuals who have had long experience in the field—musicians, critics, scholars, and record producers—and provides an abundance of information about poets inspired by specific musical pieces and musicians being inspired by works of poetry. The conversations with jazz critic Gary Giddins and his mentor Dan Morgenstern alone make this book worthwhile . . . Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Ask Me Now: Conversations on Jazz \u0026amp; Literature. . . , saxophonist and English professor Sascha Feinstein gathers a stunning variety of musicians, poets, and novelists to discuss the engaging interactions between jazz and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e * ForeWord *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Better You Say It First \/ Amiri Baraka\u003cbr\u003e2. Those Upward Leaps \/ Hayden Carruth\u003cbr\u003e3. Returning to Go Someplace Else \/ Jayne Cortez\u003cbr\u003e4. Just a Matter of Time \/ Bill Crow\u003cbr\u003e5. Did Your Mama Hear Those Poems? \/ Cornelius Eady\u003cbr\u003e6. Legwork \/ Gary Giddins\u003cbr\u003e7. The House as Open Ground \/ Lee Meitzen Grue\u003cbr\u003e8. Respiration and Inspiration \/ Fred Hersch\u003cbr\u003e9. Stolen Moments \/ David Jauss\u003cbr\u003e10. Survival Masks \/ Yusef Komunyakaa\u003cbr\u003e11. Detroit Jazz in the Late Forties and Early Fifties \/ Philip Levine\u003cbr\u003e12. Where the Call Needs to Be Heard \/ Haki R. Madhubuti\u003cbr\u003e13. Mingus at the Showplace \/ William Matthews\u003cbr\u003e14. Consideration \/ Dan Morgenstern\u003cbr\u003e15. The Greatest Equalizer in the World \/ Hank O'Neal\u003cbr\u003e16. Levels of the Blues \/ Eugene B. Redmond\u003cbr\u003e17. Cante Jondo \/ Sonia Sanchez\u003cbr\u003e18. Ask Me Now \/ John Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e19. Makes Me Feel Like I Got Some Money \/ Al Young\u003cbr\u003e20. Something to Believe In \/ Paul Zimmer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883918995799,"sku":"9780253218766","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253218766.jpg?v=1722529597","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ask-me-now-9780253218766","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}