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Blue Beat Syncopation: Selected Poems 1977-2002 Paperback – January 1, 2003

by Stanley E. Banks (Author)
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Poetry. African American. "Along with his mentor Langston Hughes, Banks is one of the few poets who can claim a true fusion of the spoken word with the blues-music form" --John Mark Eberhart, The Kansas City Star.
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    93 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    BKMK Press
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2003
  5. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.25 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1886157367
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1886157361
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... one of the few poets who can claim a true fusion of the spoken word with the blues-music form. -- John Mark Eberhart, Kansas City Star, February 16, 2003

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Blue Beat Syncopation reveals Stanley E. Banks' status as a literary child of Langston Hughes. To the rhythm of a "drowsy syncopated tune" Banks tells us exactly "what happens to a dream deferred" in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Written over a span of 25 years, Blue Beat Syncopation chronicles the despair, death, and decay of urban America in a manner reminiscent of Hughes's poem "Harlem." Lamenting lost love, lost loved ones, and the loss of hope in a world defined by harsh realities, Banks humanizes people dismissed as "pathological" by social commentators. Capturing the music and the misery of the modal black experience in written form, Blue Beat Syncopation is an extended blues elegy, a counterpoint to the American progress narrative.
-Jeffrey R. Williams
University of Missouri-Columbia

Some of these poems are made from stones and hard times. Banks sings the blues and his poems walk like blues people. They don't apologize for how they look or feel.

Funerals are just family reunions and so this book is like a bible for those of us who survive the violent streets and other deaths.
-E. Ethelbert Miller
Howard University

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ BKMK Press (January 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 93 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1886157367
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1886157361
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.25 x 8.5 inches
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Tee @ RAWSISTAZ Literary Group
4.0 out of 5 stars Poetic Blue
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2003
BLUE BEAT SYNCOPATION by Stanley E. Banks chronicles his works of
poetry from 1977 to 2002. The selections are historical and
contemporary pieces that reveal much about the author in terms of
how he views life and the world.
BLUE BEAT SYNCOPATION is hard in some instances, yet real and
understandable as it defines his style of poetic writing. I was
very impressed with several of Mr. Banks' selections. He allows
you to flow along with him and visualize soft blues playing in the
background as you read and interpret the deep significance of his
writings.
My favorites were 'Introducing Myself,' which was relative to events
of the present, and of course, the selection 'Blue Beat Syncopation,'
which had me tapping my feet as I felt the beat.
Stanley E. Banks is an author to watch, as he has already made a mark
in the poetic community. His poetry collection On 10th Alley Way won
the Langston Hughes Prize for Poetry.

Reviewed by Kalaani
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