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Hand Dance - Wanda Coleman 1993 Black Sparrow Press 9780876858974- Clean crisp-Oversize paperback in good shape lightly read small amount of minutia small amount of minutiae on its edges interior on unmarked interior- spine un creased just the slightest amount of sun from shelving on its spine cover photo Leigh Wiener black Sparrow press Santa Rosa California 1993 copyright by author- Poems and prose of Coleman's sixth book, Hand Dance, show a wry political awareness ("inside this poor person is a rich one / struggling to come out"), a streetwise knowledge of what it means to be black in urban American ("in the world i come from / violence is a language and a bullet / sudden insight"), as well as a heady sensuality.- Review- Coleman's poems are an act of liberation, meant to be experienced as something almost physical, like a punch or a whipping . . . She wants her language to express anger, to incite anger, and to shake all those who read it out of their complacency. --The Nation -Wanda Coleman: 2012… Read More

*LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE Living In Prison Today --HASSINE, VICTOR ( Inmate AM4737 ) --Over-sized paperback , 158 pages Interiors clean un Marked, covers do have some scuffs..Generally a reading resource At the college level Chronicles the history of the Grand Trunk Corporation --its inception in 1971 through 1992, drawing on corporate records, oral histories, & archival material. ... Victor Hassine (1956–2008) -prisoner for over 20 years - Pennsylvania State.. Born in Egypt, raised in Trenton, NJ, Author of Life without Parole: Living in Prison Today - documenting stories of prison life, interviews with other prisoners &some short essays about his personal views of Prison & Criminal Justice system US.. Somewhat prolific writer has published several other. Books...Life * Without Parole ASIN: 0935732764 LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE Living In Prison Today Author HASSINE, VICTOR ( Inmate AM4737 ) oversized paperback good, Roxbury Pub Co. Los Angeles, CA. Ed. March 1, 1996, About 0.5 x 6.2 x 9.2 in. Pages 158, ISBN-… Read More

New York New York: Washington Square Press, 1987. first Washington Square press trade paperback. Paperback. Fair. this is an oversize paperback book cover is still glossy however there some very large diagonal deep creases on the cover some staining on the edges the pages maybe some coffee it's well read the spine is intact although there are some creases on it.I enjoyed, this month I ended up with a large box of black authors, so I'm reading my way through.The Mama of Mama is as tough, funny, gritty and pungent as the life she knows, where men may come and go but holding the family together is worth any price. Not since Alice Walker's The Color Purple has a black woman's story been depicted with such rich power, honesty and love......Ruth Reaser...LAX Vespa see pictures maybe this will do it maybe it won't. you'll know by looking at the pictures -Expedited Shipping available-by request/ price adjust-..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped -United States Post to fulfill your order, Los Angeles I… Read More

Beautiful giftable copy ***Roots, galvanized the nation,creating an extraordinary political, racial, social, cultural dialogue that hadn't been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Most important books -television series ever to appear, one million copies in the first year, the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. Winning the Pulitzer Prize - National Book Award.Roots opening minds of Americans of all colors, faiths to one of the darkest and most painful parts of America's past. Large over-sized soft cover book with french folds in very good condition, covers retain their original glossy finish, color with only minor wear most at edges. Pages have deckle edges, are clean unmarked - edges are starting to tan from age. Roots- Thirtieth Anniversary Edition: The Saga of an American Family Author Perseus Publisher Vanguard Press 2004 ,Special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson, book design Brian Wilcox, Full number line ISBN 1593154496, 9781593154493 899… Read More