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Olio by Jess, Tyehimba is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Olio about?

With ambitious manipulations of poetic forms, Tyehimba Jess presents the sweat and story behind America’s blues, worksongs and church hymns. Part fact, part fiction, 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 effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes defeated attempts to minstrelize them. Named a top poetry book of spring 2016 by Library Journal.--Publisher's website (viewed 05/11/2016). Introduction -- Fisk jubilee proclamation -- Julius Monroe Trotter submission to The crisis -- Jubilee blues -- Blind Tom plays for Confederate troops, 1863 -- General James Bethune and John Bethune introduce Blind Tom -- What marked Tom? -- Mark Twain v. Blind Tom -- Blind Tom plays for a packed house, 1873 -- Millie McKoy & Christine McKoy recall meeting Blind Tom, 1877 -- What the wind, rain, and thunder said to Tom -- General Bethune v. W. C. Handy, 1885 -- Charity on Blind Tom -- Eliza Bethune v. Charity Wiggins -- General Bethune on Blind Tom -- Duet: Blind Boone meets Blind Tom, 1889 --

Who reads Olio?

Author

Jess, Tyehimba

Publisher

Seattle: Wave Books

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781940696225

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Music

Rating

4.64 / 5 (149 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14