A sampling of humorous African-American writings is comprised of poetry, prose, political speeches, hip-hop, the blues, and other literary forms by Toni Cade Bambara, Henry Dumas, Harryette Mullen, Langston Hughes, Darius James, Mike Tyson, the Reverend Al Sharpton, Zora Neale Hurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, and others. Simultaneous.

The author of The White Boy Shuffle returns with a witty, unproarious comic novel about a nineteen-year-old kid who is bribed to run for city council by his mentor, an African-American rabbi named Spencer Jefferson. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Gunnar Kaufman, an awkward black surfer bum, is moved from Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles, where he begins to undergo a transformation from neighborhood outcast to basketball superstar, eventually becoming the reluctant messiah of a 'divided, down-trodden people.' Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

The author of The White Boy Shuffle returns with a witty, unproarious comic novel about a nineteen-year-old kid who is bribed to run for city council by his mentor, an African-American rabbi named Spencer Jefferson. 40,000 first printing.

A celebrated young black poet offers a partly autobiographical coming-of-age novel, a multicultural, multi-generational story filled with the cadences of the urban street and the media of pop culture. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. NYT.

Combines together themes from African-American life, college life, television reruns, movies, sports, and history into a collection of free-form poems

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