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UNINHIBITED AND STILL HOLDING BACK: Dramatic Poems.
by Martin, Sandy.
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- Used - Very near fine in blue and black printed wrappers.
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- (2002)
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- First edition -
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Elk Grove, CA: : Sweet Rock Publications, , (2002). First edition -. Very near fine in blue and black printed wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. Award-winning second collection of poems by this California author and dramatist. 106 pp. Item Price
$23.50
WHISPERS OF INTIMATE THINGS.
by Parks, Gordon.
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- Used - Near fine in burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine in a good only dust jacket with a diagonal tear on the front
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- burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine in a good only
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- 1971.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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$27.50
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New York:: Viking,, 1971.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine in a good only dust jacket with a diagonal tear on the front cover. . First printing. Poetry and full-color photography by Parks - a lovely book. Introduction by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr. Large format, unpaginated. Item Price
$27.50
BLUES BABY: Early Poems
by Mullen, Harryette Rommel.
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- Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
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- fine
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- (2002)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780838755150
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$95.00
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Lewisburg & London: : Bucknell University Press / Associated University Presses, , (2002). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. The fifth collection by this avant-garde Black poet. A book which brings together her first book - Tree Tall Woman - with previously uncollected poems from early in her… Read more about this item Item Price
$95.00
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BUFFALO DANCE: The Journey of York.
by Walker, Frank X.
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- Used - Fine in a good dust jacket (long tape repaired tear and small chip to back cover of dj)
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- good
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- (2004)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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- 9780813123226
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$85.00
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Lexington:: University Press of Kentucky,, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a good dust jacket (long tape repaired tear and small chip to back cover of dj) . First printing. Uncommon hardcover edition of this work in which Walker "blurs the lines between poetry, fiction, and history to tell the story of the Lewis and Clark… Read more about this item Item Price
$85.00
CAPTIVITY.
by Derricotte, Toi.
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- Used - Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name inside front cover, upper corner slightly bumped).
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- (1993)
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- 9780822954224
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$17.50
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Pittsburgh, PA:: University of Pittsburgh Press,, (1993). Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name inside front cover, upper corner slightly bumped).. 3rd printing, a trade paperback. Third collection of poems by this award winning writer (including the 2020 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry and the 2021 Wallace Stevens Award). Cover praise from… Read more about this item Item Price
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WINNIE.
by Brooks, Gwendolyn.
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- Used - Fine in stapled illustrated wrappers.
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- (1991)
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- First edition -
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- 9780883780503
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$25.00
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Chicago:: Third World Press,, (1991). First edition -. Fine in stapled illustrated wrappers. . First thus- a slim trade paperback. A long poem written in honor of Winnie Mandela, wife of Nelson Mandela. Originally published in 1988 by her own imprint. 23 pp. Cover painting by Anna Tyler. Item Price
$25.00
VERY YOUNG POETS.
by Brooks, Gwendolyn.
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- Used - Fine in stapled illustrated wrappers.
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- (1991)
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- First edition -
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- 9780883780466
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$70.00
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Chicago:: Third World Press,, (1991). First edition -. Fine in stapled illustrated wrappers. . First thus- a slim trade paperback. A simple set of "little lessons" for young people who are trying to write poetry, plus 8 poems written by Brooks for children. Originally published in 1983 by her own imprint, which was inspired by her years… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE NEAR-JOHANNESBURG BOY and Other Poems.
by Brooks, Gwendolyn.
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- Used - Near fine in stapled illustrated wrappers (a bit of rubbing to the covers)
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- (1991)
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- First edition -
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- 9780883780558
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Chicago:: Third World Press,, (1991). First edition -. Near fine in stapled illustrated wrappers (a bit of rubbing to the covers) . First thus (originally published by David Press in 1986 ) A collection of fourteen poems by the first African American writer to win a Pulitzer Prize. A slim chapbook. 32 pp. Cover painting by… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GREAT BLACK NORTH: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry.
by Mason-John, Valerie and Kevan Anthony Cameron, editors.
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (2104)
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- 9781897181836
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Calgary, Alberta: : Frontenac House Poetry,, (2104). Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. 2nd printing. The "first national anthology to focus solely on poetry by African Canadians. . . the rest of the world may be unaware of the history of enslaved Africans and slave auctions north of the 49th parallel, as well as the free Blacks, Loyalists and… Read more about this item Item Price
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HORSES MAKE A LANDSCAPE LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL.
by Walker, Alice.
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- Used - Near fine in a very good dust jacket (edgewear and short closed tears to dj.)
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- very good
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- (1984)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780151421695
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New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch,, (1984). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good dust jacket (edgewear and short closed tears to dj.). First printing. Walker's fourth book of poetry. 79 pp. Item Price
$24.50
CONJUGATIONS AND REITERATIONS: Poems.
by Murray, Albert (1916-2013)
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
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- fine
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- (2001)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780375421419
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$25.00
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New York:: Pantheon,, (2001). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. The rather uncommon first book of poetry by this Black author whom The New Yorker described as "possessed of the poet's language, the novelist's sensibility, the essayist's clarity, the jazzman's imagination, and the gospel singer's depth of feeling." A small… Read more about this item Item Price
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MADNESS AND A BIT OF HOPE: Poems.
by Henderson-Holmes, Safiya (1950-2001)
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (1990)
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- First edition -
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- 9780863161360
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New York:: Harlem River Press,, (1990). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Award-winning poet's first collection - focused on exploring "the political realities in the lives of women" and containing many short poems on city life, homelessness, birthing as well as a long poem "rituals of… Read more about this item Item Price
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MY FATHER'S FACE (Broadside Poem)
by Harper, Michael S.
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- Used - Fine in fine portfolio.
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- [1998.]
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- SIGNED first edition -
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$65.00
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Charleston, WV:: Parchment Gallery Graphics, University of Charleston,, [1998.]. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in fine portfolio.. Limited, signed edition. Broadside poem by this award-winning African American poet (nominated twice for the National Book Award, first poet-laureate of Rhode Island, among others), printed in brown ink on a single sheet of 80 pound laid text, measuring 9… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00
SOUL BROTHA MOTHA'S.
by Hummons, Marion Taylor.
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- Used - Fine in tan illustrated stapled wrappers.
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- (1984)
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- First edition -
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Chicago:: DuSable Museum,, (1984). First edition -. Fine in tan illustrated stapled wrappers.. Chapbook - first printing. A slim collection of twelve poems. Hummons was the sister of Margaret Taylor Burroughs, Chicago educator, activist, artist and one of the founders of the Du Sable Museum. 20 pp. Uncommon (only one copy located in… Read more about this item Item Price
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NATIVE GUARD: Poems
by Trethewey, Natasha.
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- Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) CD pocket is still unopened.
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- fine
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- (2007)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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- 9780547055480
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$75.00
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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) CD pocket is still unopened. . First thus. An attractive new edition of the author's Pulitzer prize winning collection of poems, poems which bring together two strands of the racial legacies of the South - many are a tribute to her… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
XARQUE AND OTHER POEMS.
by Jones, Gayl.
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- Fine in stiff printed green wrappers (as new.)
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- 1985.
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- First edition -
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- 9780916418601
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$175.00
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Detroit:: Lotus Press, , 1985.. First edition -. Fine in stiff printed green wrappers (as new.). First printing, a slim trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. The title poem is a long historical narrative poem set in Brazil in 1741, twenty years after the destruction of the second Palmares, one of the settlements founded in that country by… Read more about this item Item Price
$175.00
THE HERMIT-WOMAN
by Jones, Gayl
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- Near fine in stiff glossy orange wrappers (a new copy, but with sunning to spine.)
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- (1983.)
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- First edition -
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- 9780916418434
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$115.00
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Detroit:: Lotus Press, , (1983.). First edition -. Near fine in stiff glossy orange wrappers (a new copy, but with sunning to spine.). First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition. A collection of several narrative poems by this African American novelist - one, "The Machete Woman," tells the story of an African slave who takes refuge in a… Read more about this item Item Price
$115.00
WHATSAID SERIF.
by Mackey, Nathaniel.
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (1998.)
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- First edition -
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- 9780872863415
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$21.50
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San Francisco:: City Lights Books,, (1998.). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. African American poet's third collection, comprising numbers 16 through 35 of Song of the Andoumboulou. 111 pp. Item Price
$21.50
HOLDING COMPANY: Poems.
by Jackson, Major.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- (2010)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780393070804
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New York:: W. W. Norton & Company,, (2010). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The third collection - and the darkest - by this award-winning African American poet. Poems with personal, sometimes wrenching, subject matter,but each written in a rigid 10-line format. Notes, 91 pp. Item Price
$25.00
THE GATHERING OF MY NAME: Poems
by Eady, Cornelius.
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- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
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- 1991.
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- First edition -
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- 9780887481161
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Pittsburgh, PA:: Carnegie Mellon University Press,, 1991.. First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Award-winning Black poet's fourth collection. A title in the Carnegie Mellon Poetry Series. 85 pp. Item Price
$19.50