{"product_id":"teducation-9781566890915","title":"Teducation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA much-awaited collection of poems by one of the greatest African American Beat poets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack Dues! Black Blues! Black News! Ted Joans trumpets in his tribute to Langston Hughes. What \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e wrote in 1969 holds true today: This collection of his work clearly reveals the influence of Langston Hughes, his mentor and friend. Joans, however, has the harsher and more strident tone necessary to accurately reflect today’s society. As he says in one poem: “We must fall in love and glorify our beautiful black nation \/ We must create black images \/ give the world \/ a black education.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the first black poets to become involved in surrealism and a first generation Beat, Joans is an expatriate poet whose work is enjoying renewed interest. This major collection of poems written during the past forty years is a significant contribution to American letters. \u003ci\u003eTeducation\u003c\/i\u003e is the first single-volume collection representing the life’s work of Joans, a one-time roommate of Charlie Parker and a contemporary of Allen Ginsberg and Bob Kaufman.","brand":"Ted Joans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42956890767478,"sku":"9781566890915","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_5afe4b32-f446-495e-bd14-0099c92f2cd6.jpg?v=1767728325","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/teducation-9781566890915","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}