{"product_id":"9780375710230","title":"To Repel Ghosts: The Remix","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eYoung, Kevin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKnopf\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/27\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43373618364671,"sku":"9780375710230","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780375710230_s600x595.jpg?v=1775586270","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780375710230","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}