{"product_id":"groove-bang-and-jive-around-9781953691194","title":"Groove, Bang and Jive Around","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Steve Cannon's cult classic novel returns to print\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite decades of notoriety as one of the \"filthiest books in the world,\" Steve Cannon's first and only piece of longform fiction, \u003ci\u003eGroove, Bang and Jive Around\u003c\/i\u003e, has hardly been read since first being published in 1969. In the words of American poet Ishmael Reed, Cannon's debut work inspired a generation by breaking with staid literary modernism. Its publication \"signaled a resurfacing of the irreverent, underground trickster tradition of Black orature.\" This erotic farce follows Annette, a teenage runaway, from the outhouse of a New Orleans juke joint to the psychedelic paradise of Oo-bla-dee--an idyllic country possibly founded by Dizzy Gillespie--by way of bacchanalian voodoo ritual. As Ophelia Press, its original publisher, wrote, \u003ci\u003eGroove, Bang and Jive Around\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute necessity \"for everyone who wants to know where and how the action takes place in Sex and Soul.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Cannon\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2019) moved to New York City in 1962 and joined the Umbra Workshop. He worked with and was a mentor to many artists and writers. In 1990 he founded the magazine and gallery A Gathering of the Tribes in New York City's East Village.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blank Forms Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953691194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244","brand":"Steve Cannon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43896758337717,"sku":"9781953691194","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aa760d78-428f-46e6-be3d-4274cd40bd0a.jpg?v=1712632314","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/groove-bang-and-jive-around-9781953691194","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}