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Slo' Dance
Poems
by Ted Wilson
with an Introduction by Amiri Baraka Acknowledgements
In writing and completing any book, there are
many people to whom recognition is dues. First, I wish to thank
. . . my father, Harry Wilson, whose sense of discipline did not come
easily; my mother, Althea Wilson, who watches and waits and is
always there to pick me up -- they probably thought they brought
home the wrong baby but nurtured it anyway; my big sister,
Yvonne Easton, who encouraged, guided and helped shape Willie,
and who continues to mentor me.
They are too many to mention, but they know
who they are -- all of the fine poets and writers, musicians,
painters, sculptors, photographers, and artists in general whom
I have been given the privilege to be around, hang with and
share intimacies. I do not take their gifts lightly. I
acknowledge as well the spiritual hands of my godparents who
continually guide me and instruct me to get the most that life,
through the Supreme, has for me. Every day I learn more about
how to work with my tools.
Special shouts to Joe White, writer and
thinker extraordinaire, and to Al Pertilla, the same. they make
me look at things in other ways and to delve deeper. To Amina
Baraka, another writer and performer extraordinaire, one of my
biggest supporters and fans; to her renown husband, Amiri Baraka,
a model for us all in the sociopoliticalartistic world we
attempt to live in, and who's always said to me, "write the
book."
Special thanks to Ben Caldwell for permission
to use his painting for the front cover; the same to Risasi Dais
for photographing the painting . . . . for her computer graphics work in balancing the color for
production, to Shawn Walker for the back cover photograph. And
in the final act of this drama comes my dear friend, comrade and
editor (the poet's poet), Louis Reyes Rivera, who labored hard
and long to make this book happen. The patience of Job, I
believe, was modeled after him. His insight is making me a
better writer and poet everyday. A dúpúe.
Source:
Ted Wilson.
Slo' Dance.
Brooklyn, NY: Shamal Books, 2003 /
Contact: Shamal Books, GPO Box 16, NYC 10116
(718) 622 4426
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Wilson, formerly with Pride and
Liberator magazines, is a writer, producer, and promoter, most recently
with the Bread Is Rising poetry series in New York City.
A cultural worker since the 1960s Black Liberation/human rights
movements, Ted's writings have appeared in several journals: The
Black Nation; Black American Literature Forum; Callaloo;
NOBO: Journal of African American Thought; and
anthologies:
Amiri Baraka: The Kaleidoscopic Torch (ed.
J.E. Gwynne); In Defense of Mumia
(eds. S.E. Anderson, T.
Medina);
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American
Writing (eds. L. Jones, L. Neal); New Rain #9: Our
Fathers/Ourselves (eds. G. Johnston, M. M'Buzi Moore)].
He also works as a Construction Manager Consultant and
Developer currently involved in an effort to develop a
Cultural/Arts district in Newark, New Jersey. |
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