TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,James Weldon AU - Gates,Henry Louis AU - TI - God's trombones: seven Negro sermons in verse T2 - Penguin classics SN - 9780143105411 AV - PS3519.G259.G637 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Books KW - Leisure Reading KW - Fiction N1 - Listen Lord, a prayer --; The creation --; The prodigal son --; Go down death: a funeral sermon --; Noah built the ark --; The crucifixion --; Let my people go --; The Judgment day; 2 N2 - "This collection of poems attempts to recreate a vanishing part of Black American spiritual culture - the inspirational sermons of old-time Negro preachers. Using punctuation and line arrangements he captures the fervour of the congregation and underlines the importance of these sermons in the development of Black culture. James Wheldon Johnson is the author of 'Along this Way' and 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man'."--Www.amazon.com (Nov. 8, 2010) UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008008886.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008008886-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008008886-d.html ER -