Poetry from Blackbird Infoshop

A very good+ signed copy of Claudia Rankine's Citizen, signed "Love, Claudia" with a warm inscription on title page, possible association copy. VG+ in wraps.

A gorgeous first printing of Edmond Jabes collected poems, If There Were Anywhere but Desert, introduced by Robert Duncan and translated by Keith Waldrop. French and English text side by side, in cream boards with black lettering, and gorgeous not price clipped DJ, with $16.95 price intact. Open chip to exterior rear of dustjacket, but still an appealing, VG+ copy.… Read more about this item

Near fine hardcover copy in gorgeous wraps, of Evie Shockley's poetic and lyrical reflections on blackness and being. Warmly signed and inscribed by Shockley on the half title.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nodin Press, 1984. Softcover. Very good+ in wraps, sunning and foxing to wrap exterior. First edition, first printing of Anishnaabe author, critic and poet Gerald Vizenor's sixth, and most lauded and scarce collection of haiku. Stunning calligraphy by Haruko Isobe.