Question
Bruce Jackson’s collection of these works in the 1960s was published as Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this spoken-word genre of African-American poetry sometimes cited as a precursor to rap. This genre, often explicit and taboo-heavy, incorporates folk characters like the bald Stackolee.
ANSWER: toasts [or toasting]
[10e] Jackson’s title refers to a toast about a fictional Black man named Shine mocking wealthy white passengers as he escapes this event. A string orchestra legendarily played “Nearer My God to Thee” during this 1912 event.
ANSWER: sinking of the RMS Titanic
[10m] This animal trickster derived from slavery-era folklore frequently outsmarts lions and other predators in toasts. A book named for this character metaphorizes the intertextuality of Black literature as the “talking book.”
ANSWER: Signifying Monkey [or Signifyin’ Monkey, prompt on monkey] (The book is by Henry Louis Gates Jr.)
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