{"product_id":"to-repel-ghosts-the-remix","title":"To Repel Ghosts: The Remix","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTo Repel Ghosts: The Remix\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKevin Young\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780375710230\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e320\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevamped from its original \"double album\" version of 350 pages into this unique \"remix,\" \u003ci\u003eTo Repel Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e captures the dynamic work and brief life of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn spare, jazzlike verse Kevin Young tells the story of Basquiat's rise from the mock prophet and graffiti artist SAMO to one of the hottest painters of the 1980s (\"blue-chip Basquiat \/ playing the bull \/ market\"), exploring the artist's bouts with fame and heroin, mourning his untimely death, and celebrating his legacy. Along the way Young riffs on Basquiat's paintings and sayings, on the music he loved, on the artists he ran with (Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, among them), and on the black heroes (Charlie Parker, Muhammad Ali, Billie Holiday) who inspired him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYoung's poetic channeling of Basquiat--a jostling, poignant brand of downtownspeak--makes for an urban epic in the tradition of Langston Hughes's \"A Dream Deferred.\" \u003ci\u003eTo Repel Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, along with Young's \u003ci\u003eJelly Roll: A Blues\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Maria\u003c\/i\u003e, his recent book of film noir verse, forms an American trilogy--\u003ci\u003eDevil's Music\u003c\/i\u003e--that explores other art forms through poetry. In its creation, Yound has become a poet whose work speaks both for and beyond his genre, with a music all its own.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"To Repel Ghosts: The Remix | Kevin Young | Paperback | 9780375710230 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks G 1770121","offer_id":49518395654296,"sku":"1770121","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51P532skuCL.jpg?v=1784622481","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/to-repel-ghosts-the-remix","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}