https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/405fcc6ab73cfbf1c8f9d7060bb2881e.jpg 89f69332aa8f0935c0cfbd35a850663b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Neon Vernacular Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Yusef Komunyakaa Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1993. Description An account of the resource Widely known for jazz aesthetic and musical rhythms in his poetry, Yusef Komunyakaa expands his jazz style in Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems. Komunyakaa crafted a poetry collection that moves beyond familiar jazz impulses into a new translation of jazz in literature. Born in Bogalusa, Louisiana, Komunyakaa’s poems underscore black life in the South. Neon Vernacular wrestles with the experiences living underneath systemic racism and celebrates black resiliency. Komunyakaa received the Pulitzer Prize for his foray into improvisation with the poems in Neon Vernacular.