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Collects American poetry divided into sections such as nature, family, and politics, by individuals including Bessie Smith, Langston Hughes, Agha Shahid Ali, Marianne Moore, Tupac Shakur, Russell Leong, and Ernesto Trejo. (view table of contents)
By Ishmael Reed (editor)

Hardcover:

9781560255000 | Thunder''s Mouth Pr, January 1, 2003, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Collects American poetry divided into sections such as nature, family, and politics, by individuals including Bessie Smith, Langston Hughes, Agha Shahid Ali, Marianne Moore, Tupac Shakur, Russell Leong, and Ernesto Trejo.

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A collection of essays by the author of Airing Dirty Laundry is a social criticism of the perpetuators of what he identifies as America's war on the black population, citing historical and ongoing conflicts while noting areas of responsibility in governmental, media, and public arenas. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780465068913 | Basic Books, December 1, 2002, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Offers a collection of seventeen essays, book reviews, and profiles addressing racial attitudes in American society.

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9780465068920 | Reprint edition (Basic Books, January 7, 2004), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Offers a collection of seventeen essays, book reviews, and profiles addressing racial attitudes in American society.

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An extensive multicultural anthology showcases poets from all walks of life, including Gertrude Stein, Ai, Bessie Smith, Askia Toure, and Ernest Hemingway, and covers American poetry from its pre-Columbian beginnings to the hip hop lyricists of today. Original.
By Ishmael Reed (editor)

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9781560254584, titled "From Totems to Hip-hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002" | Da Capo Pr, December 30, 2002, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Collects American poetry divided into sections such as nature, family, and politics, by individuals including Bessie Smith, Langston Hughes, Agha Shahid Ali, Marianne Moore, Tupac Shakur, Russell Leong, and Ernesto Trejo.
9789990045666 | Pub Group West, December 1, 2002, cover price $0.02

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This novel examines the African-American culture and its deflation

Hardcover:

9780385056755 | Doubleday, August 1, 1972, cover price $6.95

Paperback:

9780684824772 | Scribner, June 1, 1996, cover price $16.00
9780689707308 | Atheneum, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: This novel examines the African-American culture and its deflation

A broad range of perspectives on race is included in a collection of essays by such writers as Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, Frank Chin, and others who argue that the image of a black-white conflict is obsolete
By Ishmael Reed (editor)

Hardcover:

9780788197499, titled "Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars & Cultural Peace" | Reprint edition (Diane Pub Co, May 1, 2001), cover price $30.00
9780670867530 | Viking Pr, March 1, 1997, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A broad range of perspectives on race is included in a collection of essays by such writers as Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, Frank Chin, and others who argue that the image of a black-white conflict is obsolete

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9780140259124 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, February 1, 1998), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A broad range of perspectives on race is included in a collection of essays by such writers as Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, Frank Chin, and others who argue that the image of a Black-white conflict is obsolete

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One of the nation's premier African-American writers serves up a trenchant, witty, politically charged, satirical collection of stories, poems, and essays. Reprint. 20,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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9780465068937 | Basic Books, April 1, 2000, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: One of the nation's premier African American writers serves up a trenchant, witty, politically charged, satirical collection of stories, poems, and essays.

Paperback:

9780465068944 | Basic Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: One of the nation's premier African-American writers serves up a trenchant, witty, politically charged, satirical collection of stories, poems, and essays.

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Supported by powerful director Jim Minsk and preeminent playwright Jack Brashford, Ian Ball, a Black southern playwright hated by theater feminists, hopes to redeem himself with a play in which women have all the good parts

Hardcover:

9780312665807 | 1 edition (St Martins Pr, March 1, 1986), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Supported by powerful director Jim Minsk and preeminent playwright Jack Brashford, Ian Ball, a Black southern playwright hated by theater feminists, hopes to redeem himself with a play in which women have all the good parts

Paperback:

9781564782373 | Dalkey Archive Pr, October 1, 2000, cover price $11.50
9780689707285 | Macmillan Pub Co, July 1, 1988, cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Supported by powerful director Jim Minsk and preeminent playwright Jack Brashford, Ian Ball, a Black southern playwright hated by theater feminists, hopes to redeem himself with a play in which women have all the good parts

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Private investigator Papa La Bas tries to put an end to the psychological stress threatening human life

Hardcover:

9780394491882, titled "The Last Days of Louisiana Red" | Random House Inc, September 1, 1974, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Private investigator Papa La Bas tries to put an end to the psychological stress threatening human life

Paperback:

9781564782366, titled "The Last Days of Louisiana Red" | Dalkey Archive Pr, July 1, 2000, cover price $11.95
9780689707315, titled "The Last Days of Louisiana Red" | Reissue edition (Atheneum, March 1, 1989), cover price $8.95
9780380007363 | Reissue edition (Avon Books, July 1, 1983), cover price $3.50 | also contains Mejora tu ritmo / Pace Yourself: La Esperada Continuacion De Cambia De Ritmo

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Black and beautiful Loop Garoo Kid performs lariat tricks in a circus, but when they arrive in Yellow Back Radio, they're surprised to find all the adults have been run out of town by the children (view table of contents)

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9781564782380 | Dalkey Archive Pr, July 1, 2000, cover price $11.95
9780689708138 | Atheneum, March 1, 1989, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Black and beautiful Loop Garoo Kid performs lariat tricks in a circus, but when they arrive in Yellow Back Radio, they're surprised to find all the adults have been run out of town by the children
9780380017515 | Avon Books, September 1, 1977, cover price $1.95 | also contains Nothing Holy About It: The Zen of Being Just Who You Are | About this edition: “Folks.

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9781564782250 | Dalkey Archive Pr, September 1, 1999, cover price $11.95

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Depicts a futuristic America where a lame-duck president leaves office and the White House devises a plan to get rid of surplus citizens

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9781564782243 | Dalkey Archive Pr, September 1, 1999, cover price $11.95
9780689121166 | Reprint edition (Atheneum, April 1, 1991), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Depicts a futuristic America where a lame-duck president leaves office and the White House devises a plan to get rid of surplus citizens

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When a 'Boss' tries to buy the exclusive rights to Santa Claus--the 'Bosses' being already in possession of Government and Religion--St. Nicholas, in league with his medieval partner Black Peter, unleashes a whirlwind of havoc and confusion

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9780312791995 | St Martins Pr, May 1, 1982, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: When a 'Boss' tries to buy the exclusive rights to Santa Claus--the 'Bosses' being already in possession of Government and Religion--St.

Paperback:

9781564782267 | Dalkey Archive Pr, September 1, 1999, cover price $11.95
9780689707278 | Reissue edition (John Wiley & Sons Inc, June 1, 1988), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When a 'Boss' tries to buy the exclusive rights to Santa Claus--the 'Bosses' being already in possession of Government and Religion--St.

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An anthology of the finest erotic writings by African Americans collects the most passionate, disturbing, and revealing sensual perspectives, drawing heavily on the multifarious strains of the black experience, with work from seasoned and new writers alike. Original. 20,000 first printing.

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9780312198503 | Griffin, February 1, 1999, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of African American erotic literature includes poetry, fiction, and essays by such authors as Ntozake Shange, Lenard D.

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A comically surreal, bitingly ironic account of the Civil War as seen by three runaway slaves illuminates the political consciences of both blacks and whites through a mixture of history, fantasy, and today's political realities. Reprint. NYT.

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9780684847504 | Reprint edition (Scribner, June 1, 1998), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A comically surreal, bitingly ironic account of the Civil War as seen by three runaway slaves illuminates the political consciences of both blacks and whites through a mixture of history, fantasy, and today's political realities.
9780689707339 | Reprint edition (Atheneum, September 1, 1989), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Arthur Swille politicizes, patronizes, and frets on his plantation in Swin'erd, Virginia, while his runaway slave, Raven Quickskill gives poetry readings and abolitionist lectures in Emancipation City, prompting his fellow fugitives to anger, fear, bravery, and betrayal

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Benjamin 'Chappie: Puttbutt, an African-American professor at the overwhelmingly white Jack London University, suddenly finds himself the academic dean of the school and, drunk with power, sets out to even old scores. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780689120725 | Atheneum, February 1, 1993, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Chappie Puttbutt, a Black professor at the overwhelmingly white Jack London University, finds himself the head of his department and, drunk with power, sets out to settle old scores

Paperback:

9780140255850 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, August 1, 1996), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Chappie Puttbutt, a Black professor at the overwhelmingly white Jack London University, finds himself the head of his department and, drunk with power, sets out to settle old scores

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By Bruce Dick (editor), Ishmael Reed and Amritjit Singh (editor)

Hardcover:

9780878058143 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, January 1, 1996, cover price $46.00
9780030178115, titled "The People's Chronology: A Year-By-Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present" | Harcourt School, July 1, 1979, cover price $27.95 | also contains Conversations With Ishmael Reed, The People''s Chronology: A Year-By-Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present

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The noted African American novelist, poet, and critic discusses Clarence Thomas, Rodney King, Muhammad Ali, and the 'pilloring of black males'

Hardcover:

9780201624625 | Perseus Books, October 1, 1993, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: The noted African American novelist, poet, and critic discusses Clarence Thomas, Rodney King, Muhammad Ali, and the 'pilloring of black males'

Paperback:

9780201408324 | Perseus Books, February 1, 1995, cover price $12.00

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Paperback:

9780935061536 | Contemporary Research Pr, October 1, 1993, cover price $10.95

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Collects the poetry from the last decade of American Book Awards that best reflects the multicultural interests and accomplishments in American literature

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9780393030563 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1992, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Collects the poetry from the last decade of American Book Awards that best reflects the multicultural interests and accomplishments in American literature

Paperback:

9780393308334 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1992, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Collects the poetry from the last decade of American Book Awards that best reflects the multicultural interests and accomplishments in American literature

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Presents a decade's worth of work by such writers as James Welch, Kay Boyle, Toni Morrison, Frank Chin, Sandra Cisneros, and Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

Hardcover:

9780393030556 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1992, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Presents a decade's worth of work by such writers as James Welch, Kay Boyle, Toni Morrison, Frank Chin, Sandra Cisneros, and Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

Paperback:

9780393308327 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents a decade's worth of work by such writers as James Welch, Kay Boyle, Toni Morrison, Frank Chin, Sandra Cisneros, and Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

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A collection of editorials, book reviews, and essays by the noted and often controversial author features his views on 'The Color Purple,' a critique of '1984,' and a study of the dramatist, August Wilson

Hardcover:

9780689119750 | Atheneum, July 1, 1988, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A collection of editorials, book reviews, and essays by the noted and often controversial author features his views on 'The Color Purple,' a critique of '1984,' and a study of the dramatist, August Wilson

Paperback:

9780689707346 | Reprint edition (Atheneum, April 1, 1991), cover price $9.95

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The author recounts her experiences as an initiate into the voodoo practices of Haiti and Jamaica in the 1930s

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9780060916497 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, February 1, 1990), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: The author recounts her experiences as an initiate into the voodoo practices of Haiti and Jamaica in the 1930s

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Essays deal with Black American art, popular heroes, literature, music, and Mardi Gras

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9780689707292 | Atheneum, November 1, 1989, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Essays deal with Black American art, popular heroes, literature, music, and Mardi Gras

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Poems deal with urban life, gangsters, dreams, religion, the Black experience, music, myth, politics, and history

Hardcover:

9780689120039 | Atheneum, December 1, 1988, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Poems deal with urban life, gangsters, dreams, religion, the Black experience, music, myth, politics, and history

Paperback:

9780689120046 | Atheneum, October 1, 1989, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Poems deal with urban life, gangsters, dreams, religion, the Black experience, music, myth, politics, and history

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