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Nathaniel Mackey

Nathaniel Mackey

Reynolds Price Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing
English
nathaniel.mackey@duke.edu
Box 90015, Durham, NC 27708
307 Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Fall 2024 Semester

By Appointment  

Selected Publications

from Atet A.D.

Journal Article Chicago Review · January 1, 2022 Cite

The art of poetry no. 107

Journal Article Paris Review · March 1, 2020 Cite

Eroding Witness

Book · September 14, 2018 Poetry. Reprint of Nathanial Mackey's first book of poetry, selected by Michael Harper in 1985 as a winner of the National Poetry Series, and published by University of Illinois Press. With a new preface by Joseph Donahue. ... Cite

Paracritical Hinge Essay, Talks, Notes, Interviews

Book · March 15, 2018 Paracritical Hinge is a collection of varied yet interrelated pieces highlighting Nathaniel Mackey’s multifaceted work as writer and critic. ... Cite

Con Alma

Book · 2018 Cite

School of Oud

Book · 2018 Cite

Angel at the gate

Journal Article Callaloo · December 1, 2017 Full text Cite

Late Arcade

Book · February 28, 2017 A new volume of the singular, ongoing, great American jazz novel Nathaniel Mackey’s Late Arcade opens in Los Angeles. A musician known only as N. writes the first of a series of letters to the enigmatic Angel of Dust. N.’s jazz sextet, Molimo m’Atet, has ... Link to item Cite

CALLALOO

Journal Article CALLALOO · 2017 Cite

Song of the Andoumboulou: 158

Journal Article Black Scholar · January 1, 2017 Full text Cite

Lay Ghost

Book · November 15, 2016 "Lay Ghost, a set of eight poems drawn from Nathaniel Mackey’s intertwined and continuous serial poems Song of the Andoumboulou and “Mu,” epitomizes the roving, ruminative poetics that have continued to animate his “long song,” ... ... Cite

Song of the Andoumboulou: 154

Journal Article Callaloo · 2016 Full text Cite

Moment's Omen

Book · October 1, 2015 Chapbook. This set of four poems is taken from "Tej Bet", the book that will follow "Blue Fasa" (New Directions, 2015), extending the "Mu"/"Song of the Andoumboulou" thread to "Song of the Andoumboulou: 160&quot ... Cite

Blue Fasa

Book · May 5, 2015 A long song that's one and more than one, this collection takes its title from two related black musical traditions, a West African griot epic as told by the Fasa, a clan in ancient Ghana, and trumpeter Kenny Dorham’s hard bop classic ... ... Cite

From from A Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate, Volume Five

Book · September 2, 2014 From A Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate is an ongoing series of letters written by composer/multi-instrumentalist N., founding member of a band known as the Molimo m'Atet. Volumes one through four are Bedouin Hornbook, Djbot Baghostus's Run, A ... Full text Cite

Other: From noun to verb

Chapter · August 7, 2014 Cite

Outer Pradesh

Book · March 1, 2014 Drawing inspiration and language from such spiritual traditions as Hinduism, Gnosticism, and the Dogon of Mali, OUTER PRADESH is a brand new collection of poetry from American poet Nathaniel Mackey. ... Cite

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Journal Article POETRY · 2014 Cite

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Journal Article POETRY · 2014 Cite

Song of the Andoumboulou: 136

Journal Article POETRY · 2014 Cite

Song of the Andoumboulou: 138

Journal Article POETRY · 2014 Cite

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As If It Were "This Is Our Music"

Journal Article POETRY · 2014 Cite

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Unlay's Late Promenade

Journal Article POETRY · 2014 Cite

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Journal Article CALLALOO · 2012 Link to item Cite

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Journal Article CALLALOO · 2012 Link to item Cite

An Interview with Nathaniel Mackey

Journal Article Contemporary Literature · 2010 Cite

From Bass Cathedral

Chapter · January 1, 2009 Full text Cite

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Journal Article AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW · 2009 Cite

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Door Peep Shall Not Enter

Journal Article AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW · 2009 Cite

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Song of the Andoumboulou: 93

Journal Article AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW · 2009 Cite

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Bass Cathedral

Book · 2007 By the National Book Award-winning author of Splay Anthem. Original. ... Cite

Splay Anthem

Book · 2006 Featured Publication Cite

Quantum Ghosts: An Interview with Wilson Harris

Chapter · 2006 Featured Publication Cite

Slay Anthem

Book · 2006 Cite

Four for Glenn

Book · 2002 Cite

Atet A.D.

Book · August 1, 2001 A3166 A94 2001 813'.54— dc21 00-065638 CITY LIGHTS BOOKS are edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Nancy J. Peters and published at the City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133. Atet A.D is volume  ... ... Cite

Whatsaid Serif

Book · 1998 Exquisite recipes that push the boundaries of vegan cuisine ... Cite

Bedouin Hornbook

Book · 1997 Cite

Discrepant Engagement Dissonance, Cross-Culturality and Experimental Writing

Book · September 24, 1993 Featured Publication Discrepant Engagement addresses work by black writers from the United States and the Caribbean and the so-called Black Mountain poets. ... Cite

School of Udhra

Book · August 1, 1993 'Purgatorial stealth' (as School of Udhra puts it), w ithin a startling progression, 1 find, of imageries, becomes the poem's enigmatic, seductive, sometimes wavering, sliding traverse ot a spiritual wilderness. I have no doubt that the book ... Cite

Djbot Baghostus's Run

Book · 1993 Like the first volume, Bedouin Hornbook, this work is written by the composer/multi-instrumentalist N., a founding member of a jazz group known as the Mystic Horn Society. ... Cite

Other: From Noun to Verb

Journal Article Representations · January 1, 1992 Full text Cite