BIBFRAME Work

Title

Memewars

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Nielsen, Aldon Lynn (aut)

Language

• eng

Classification

LCC: PS3564.I3478 M46 2022 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Summary

"Aldon Lynn Nielsen was born and spent his childhood in Grand Island, Nebraska, the place where The West begins, its outskirts the forward edge of The Big Empty. This extended series of written interviews with E. Ethelbert Miller begins with a vivid recollection of that space, tumbleweeds and all, then moves on to Nielsen's formative years in Washington, DC. Miller's questions lead to considerations of Nielsen's development as a poet, musician and scholar. As you would expect, these reflections treat his engagement with African-American literature from the Black Arts Movement to the growth of university departments of Black Studies and his role as an anthologist and critic in offering us both the texts of innovative Black writing and critical ways to approach it. The detail here is engaging and important, but this is most fascinating and instructive as the account of the evolution of a sensibility and how it moved from "empty" to open and inclusive. -Michael Anania As you begin Memewars, think of Ethelbert Miller's leading questions as melodies, recognizable tunes, and Nielsen's responses as harmolodic extensions, waxing nostalgic, and just as moving, just as important, playing all the changes on a prolific career and life in music and writing. -Tyrone Williams"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Nielsen, Aldon Lynn. Memewars

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30T17:49:43.478947+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 22669326

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• Date: 2026-09-30
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• Description language: eng
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