A 1991 National Poetry Series selection. "One of the year's most powerful books of any genre...A joyful discovery, [it] contains poems that present the black American experience with heightened intensity...[with] language at once immediate and transcendent..."Grace Shulman, The Nation
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A 1991 National Poetry Series selection. "One of the year's most powerful books of any genre...A joyful discovery, [it] contains poems that present the black American experience with heightened intensity...[with] language at once immediate and transcendent..."Grace Shulman, The Nation
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Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. Foxing to the edges and the corners a bit creased, near fine. Part of the The National Poetry Series. Selected by Charles Simic.
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 71 p. National Poetry Series Books (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. This is the OVERSIZED softcover stated Persea First Edition from 1991. Other than a clipped back cardholder flyleaf (ex lib), both the stiff mylar cover and the book are in very good condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe.
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Very good; Collectible. This is the OVERSIZED softcover stated Persea First Edition from 1991. Other than a clipped back cardholder flyleaf (ex lib), both the stiff mylar cover and the book are in very good condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe.