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Jackson, Bruce was born on May 21, 1936 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Julia Blanche Jackson.
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Originally published in 1974, this work is considered one of the great collections of black literature and folk poetry known as "toasts"--probably the only living form of oral narrative poetry in the U.S. which represent a vital genre of black folklore. Includes an audio CD.
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Making and experiencing stories, remembering and retelling them is something we all do. We tell stories over meals, at the water cooler, and to both friends and strangers. But how do stories work? What is it about telling and listening to stories that unites us? And, more importantly, how do we change them-and how do they change us? In The Story Is True, author, filmmaker, and photographer Bruce Jackson explores the ways we use the stories that become a central part of our public and private lives. He examines, as no one before has, how stories narrate and bring meaning to our lives, by describing and explaining how stories are made and used. The perspectives shared in this engaging book come from the tellers, writers, filmmakers, listeners, and watchers who create and consume stories. Jackson writes about his family and friends, acquaintances and experiences, focusing on more than a dozen personal stories. From oral histories, such as conversations the author had with poet Steven Spender, to public stories, such as what happened when Bob Dylan "went electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Jackson also investigates how "words can kill" showing how diction can be an administrator of death, as in Nazi extermination camps. And finally, he considers the way lies come to resemble truth, showing how the stories we tell, whether true or not, resemble truth to the teller. Ultimately, The Story Is True is about the place of stories-fiction or real-and the impact they have on the lives of each one of us.
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Explores the ways we use the stories that become a central part of our public and private lives. This title examines how stories narrate and bring meaning to our lives by describing and explaining how stories are made and used.
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Comprehensive guide to Visual Studio 2013 Visual Studio is your essential tool for Windows programming. Visual Studio 2013 features important updates to the user interface and to productivity. In Professional Visual Studio 2013, author, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and Microsoft Visual C# MVP Bruce Johnson brings three decades of industry experience to guide you through the update, and he doesn't just gloss over the basics. With his unique IDE-centric approach, he steers into the nooks and crannies to help you use Visual Studio 2013 to its maximum potential. Choose from more theme options, check out the new icons, and make your settings portable Step up your workflow with hover colors, auto brace completion, peek, and CodeLens Code ASP.NET faster than ever with new shortcuts Get acquainted with the new SharePoint 2013 environment Find your way around the new XAML editor for Windows Store apps Visual Studio 2013 includes better support for advanced debugging techniques, vast improvements to the visual database tools, and new support for UI testing for Windows Store apps. This update is the key to smoother, quicker programming, and Professional Visual Studio 2013 is your map to everything inside.
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In this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian explore life on Death Row in Texas and in other states, as well as the convoluted and arbitrary judicial processes that populate all Death Rows. They document the capriciousness of capital punishment and capture the day-to-day experiences of Death Row inmates in the official "nonperiod" between sentencing and execution. In the first section, "Pictures," ninety-two photographs taken during their fieldwork for the book and documentary film Death Row illustrate life on cell block J in Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections. The second section, "Words," further reveals the world of Death Row prisoners and offers an unflinching commentary on the judicial system and the fates of the men they met on the Row. The third section, "Working," addresses profound moral and ethical issues the authors have encountered throughout their careers documenting the Row. Included is a DVD of Jackson and Christian's 1979 documentary film, Death Row.
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(In this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane ...)
In this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian explore life on Death Row in Texas and in other states, as well as the convoluted and arbitrary judicial processes that populate all Death Rows. They document the capriciousness of capital punishment and capture the day-to-day experiences of Death Row inmates in the official "nonperiod" between sentencing and execution. In the first section, "Pictures," ninety-two photographs taken during their fieldwork for the book and documentary film Death Row illustrate life on cell block J in Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections. The second section, "Words," further reveals the world of Death Row prisoners and offers an unflinching commentary on the judicial system and the fates of the men they met on the Row. The third section, "Working," addresses profound moral and ethical issues the authors have encountered throughout their careers documenting the Row. Included is a DVD of Jackson and Christian's 1979 documentary film, Death Row.
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Photographer writer cultural studies educator
Jackson, Bruce was born on May 21, 1936 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Julia Blanche Jackson.
Bachelor, Rutgers University, Newark, 1960. Master of Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1963.
Associate professor English and comparative literature State University of New York, Buffalo, 1968—1971, professor comparative literature, 1971—1981, professor English, 1971—1990, director Center Studies in American Culture, since 1972, State University of New York Distinguished professor, 1990, Samuel P. Capen professor American culture, 1997—2009, James Agee professor American culture, since 2009. Executive director Documentary Research, Inc., Buffalo, 1978—2000. Trustee American Folklife Center, Library. of Congress, Washington, 1984—1989, chairman, 1988—1989.
Director Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, Buffalo, since 2000. Editor, publication Buffalo Report, Buffalo, since 2002. Pfc United States Marine Corps, 1953.
(The unfolding story of a border war over design of an int...)
(In this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane ...)
(In this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane ...)
(Originally published in 1974, this work is considered one...)
(Comprehensive guide to Visual Studio 2013 Visual Studio i...)
(Explores the ways we use the stories that become a centra...)
( You should learn a programming language every year, as ...)
( You should learn a programming language every year, as ...)
( Making and experiencing stories, remembering and retell...)
(Esemplare in buone condizioni. Piccoli strappi e tracce d...)
(Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth in dust jacket. Light general wear ...)
Author: In the Life: Versions of the Criminal Experience, 1969, Wake Up Dead Man: Afro-American Worksongs from Texas Prisons, 1972, (book of essays) Disorderrly Conduct, 1969, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me: Narrative Poetry from Black Oral Tradition, 1974, (novel) The Programmer, 1979, A Thief's Primer, 1987, Fieldwork, 1987, Law and Disorder: Criminal Justice in America, 1985, Rainbow Freeware, 1986, Get the Money and Shoot: The Dirty Rotten Imbeciles Guide to Funding Documentary Films, 1986, A User's Guide: Freeware, Shareware, and Public Domain Software, 1988, Disorderly Conduct, 1992, The Peace Bridge Chronicles, 2003, Late Friends, 2005, The Story is True: The Art and Meaning of Telling Stories, 2007, Cummins Wide: Photographs From the Arkansas Prison, 2008, Pictures From a Drawer: Prison & the Art of Portraiture, 2009. Co-author: Death Row, 1980, Doing Drugs, 1983, review edition, 1986. Co-author: (with Diane Christian) (book) Seeing in the Dark: The Buffalo Film Seminars, 2000-2010.
Editor: (essays) Folklore and Society, 1966, The Negro and His Folklore in 19th Century Periodicals, 1967, Your Father's Not Coming Home Any More, 1981, (book of essays) Feminism and Folklore, 1987, Teaching Folklore, 2nd educated, 1989, Journal American Folklore, 1986-1990. Co-editor: The World Observed: Reflections on the Fieldwork Process, 1996, The Centennial Index: 100 Years of Journal of American Folklore, 1988. Co-editor: (with Edward D. Ives) Wold Observed: Reflections on the Fieldwork Process, 1996.
Co-editor: (annotated bibliography) The Centennial Index: 100 Years of Journal of American Folklore, 1977. Author, photographer (book of text and photographs) Killing Time: Life in the Arkansas Penitentiary, 1977. Producer: (films) Services Rendered, 1979.
Director, editor (films) Death Row, 1979, co-producer, co-director, editor Robert Creeley: Willy's Reading, 1982, William August May, 1982, Out of Order, 1983, co-producer, co-director, editor, cinematographer Creeley, 1988. Producer: (Civil Defense) Wake Up Dead Man (Grammy nomination, 1974). Contributor articles.
Advisory board New York Commission on Correction Minimum Standards, Albany, New York, 1976—1977. Director, then trustee Newport Folk Foundation, New York City, 1965—2000. Member, national council Institute American West, Sun Valley, Idaho, 1976—1981.
Board of governors New York Foundation Arts, 1989—1993. Member of Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques.
Married Diane Christian, September 22, 1973. Children: Michael, Jessica, Rachel.