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Sw. Anand Prahlad

Anand Prahlad Associate Professor
306 Tate Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-1500
phone: 573-882-0664
email: Prahlad@missouri.edu
office hours: Tues 10-11:30 and by appointment

 

Biography

Sw. Anand Prahlad (Ph.D., UCLA) teaches in both the Creative Writing and Folklore Programs, specializing in contemporary poetry, and the folklore and culture of the African Diaspora. His research and creative interests include poetry of the body, the convergence of popular and classical forms, the proverb and speech performances, and theories of race and gender. He is the author of Hear My Story and Other Poems and has published widely in American poetry journals. In addition to his poems, he has published two critical books, African American Proverbs in Context (University of Mississippi Press, 1996), and Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music (University of Mississippi Press, 2000), and numerous articles on topics in folkloristics, literature, and cultural studies. He is the editor of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (Greenwood Press, 2005).

 

Books

encyclopedia jacket reggae jacket proverbs jacket
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore Reggae Wisdom African American
Proverbs in Context