EBONIC POETRY

n.

Poetry written in Ebonics.

Harris also threads the original text with street jargon and'ebonic' poetry, then mixes it all in with scratch video and live relay projection, a superb DJ duo and some breathtaking choreography delivered by a crop of America's finest hip hop artists and breakdancers.

—Gareth Evans, "Rome and Jewels,"The Stage, November 1, 2001

In the finished work, Shakespeare's text appears only in fragments, spliced with street vernacular and what Harris calls 'ebonic poetry'.

—Judith Mackrell, "Where art thou, Juliet?,"The Guardian, October 20, 2001

Ebonics

Writing

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