Black musical forms profoundly influenced the work of American poet and leading literary figure Lorenzo Thomas, and he wrote about them with keen insight---and obvious pleasure. This book, begun by Thomas before his death in 2005, collects more than a dozen of his savvy yet engagingly personal essays that probe the links between African American music, literature, and popular culture, from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. Don't Deny My Name (which takes its title from a blues song by...

Lorenzo Thomas (1944-2005) was the youngest member of the Society of Umbra, predecessor of the Black Arts Movement. The Collected Poems of Lorenzo Thomas is the first volume to encompass his entire writing life. His poetry synthesizes New York School and Black Arts aesthetics, heavily influenced by blues and jazz. In a career that spanned decades, Thomas constantly experimented with form and subject, while still writing poetry deeply rooted in the traditions of African American ae...

This is book 2 of a Dark Mafia Romance (Montorini Mafia)! Book 3 of this hitman romance is available everywhere now!I'm about to marry a monster. And no one cares how loud I scream for help.ISAHow did I end up here?Stuck on an altar with a cold-blooded killer?Everyone is getting what they want – except for me.My father gets peace between the city's crime families.Lorenzo's father gets a powerful ally against ...

This is book 3 and the conclusion of a Dark Mafia Romance (Montorini Mafia)!I'm about to marry a monster. And no one cares how loud I scream for help.ISAHow did I end up here?Stuck on an altar with a cold-blooded killer?Everyone is getting what they want – except for me.My father gets peace between the city's crime families.Lorenzo's father gets a powerful ally against a new and dangerous threat.But a...

This is book 1 of a Dark Mafia Romance (Montorini Mafia)! Books 2 and 3 of this hitman romance are available everywhere now!I'm about to marry a monster. And no one cares how loud I scream for help.ISAHow did I end up here?Stuck on an altar with a cold-blooded killer?Everyone is getting what they want – except for me.My father gets peace between the city's crime families.Lorenzo's fa...

Gathers the best work of flourishing but often-neglected avant-garde southern poetsAnother South is an anthology of poetry from contemporary southern writers who are working in forms that are radical, innovative, and visionary. Highly experimental and challenging in nature, the poetry in this volume, with its syntactical disjunctions, formal revolutions, and typographic playfulness, represents the direction of a new breed of southern writing that is at onc...

Historians have often marginalized the effect of African American troops on the outcome of the Civil War. While many histories briefly mention the service of the blacks, few reveal their impact. Lorenzo Thomas was one of the most exceptional people to serve in that war, but no biography of his life has been written. Most of his career was spent as an administrator in the U. S. Army, from his graduation from West Point in 1823 until the start of the war when he was the army's Adjutant Gener...

Sie wirken harmlos.Wie ganz normale Gewässer.Und doch sind sie nicht das, was sie zu sein scheinen, denn ihr Wasser ist kein gewöhnliches.Egal, ob es versteckt gelegene Seen sind, unheimlich anmutende Tümpel oder Weiher, einige Gewässer – groß oder klein – bergen ein fantastisches, kaum zu fassendes Geheimnis. Manche sind aber auch gefährlich und werden gemieden, oder es wird versucht, ihre Existenz geheim zu halten. E...

Radical Municipalism offers a fresh perspective on the democratizing capacity of the politics of the common in the transformation of public services, aiming to foster social change at the local level and beyond.Building on a strong theoretical foundation and featuring 14 original case studies from Europe and the Americas, the chapters explore the challenges and possibilities of implementing common-based strategies. A unique and vital resource, this book is essential for scholars an...

Border control continues to be a highly contested and politically charged subject around the world. This collection of essays challenges reactionary nationalism by making the positive case for the benefits of free movement for countries on both ends of the exchange. Open Borders counters the knee-jerk reaction to build walls and close borders by arguing that there is not a moral, legal, philosophical, or economic case for limiting the movement of human beings at borders. The volum...

Published in 1764, On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria (1738–1794) courted both success and controversy in Europe and North America. Enlightenment luminaries and enlightened monarchs alike lauded the text and looked to it for ideas that might help guide the various reform projects of the day. The equality of every citizen before the law, the right to a fair trial, the abolition of the death penalty, the elimination of the use of torture in criminal interrogations—these ar...

Methods and Techniques in Deep LearningIntroduces multiple state-of-the-art deep learning architectures for mmWave radar in a variety of advanced applicationsMethods and Techniques in Deep Learning: Advancements in mmWave Radar Solutions provides a timely and authoritative overview of the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based processing for various mmWave radar applications. Focusing on practical deep learning techniques, this ...