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African-American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology

African-American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology more books like this

by Al Young

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These brief anthologies of ethnic American literature are ideal for ethnic, multicultural and American literature courses. They are designed to introduce undergraduates to the rich but often neglected literary contributions of established and newer ethnic writers to American literature. Each text is organized chronologically by genre and represent ...

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The Literature of California, Volume 1: Native American Beginnings to 1945

The Literature of California, Volume 1: Native American Beginnings to 1945 more books like this

by Jack Hicks (Editor), Al Young (Editor), James D Houston (Editor)

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This comprehensive anthology presents the rich and diverse literature of pre-World War II California in four parts, each introduced by an essay that contextualizes the literary selections. Part I contains folk stories of native American tribes; part II presents diaries and letters of early settlers and explorers; part III contains literature of ...

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California Fiction

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by Al Young

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Young, black, University of California educated, and dangerously back in love, Angelina Green is forced to make choices - intimate, political and spiritual - as she struggles to bring coherence and direction to her rollercaoaster Berkeley life.

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Something about the Blues: An Unlikely Collection of Poetry

Something about the Blues: An Unlikely Collection of Poetry more books like this

by Al Young

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Like Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes, who first popularized the blues as a poetic form, California Poet Laureate Al Young has written about the blues, played the blues and drawn inspiration from the blues. Something About the Blues uses the blues as a theme throughout 100 new and previously-published poems. Selections evoke the cold, hard ...

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Mingus/Mingus: Two Memoirs

Mingus/Mingus: Two Memoirs more books like this

by Janet Coleman, Al Young

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Recollection of the life and times of one of the most tempestuous talents of jazz.

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Leaving Saturn: Poems

Leaving Saturn: Poems more books like this

by Major Jackson, Al Young (Foreword by)

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Leaving Saturn, chosen by Al Young as the winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, is an ambitious and honest collection. Major Jackson, through both formal and free verse poems, renders visible the spirit of resilience, courage, and creativity he witnessed among his family, neighbors, and friends while growing up in Philadelphia. His poems ...

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Jazz Cooks: Portraits and Recipes of the Greats more books like this

by Bob Young, Deborah Feingold (Photographer), Al Stankus

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More than 90 of the top international jazz musician-cooks such as Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Max Roach, Carmen McRae, MyCoy Tyner and Sonny Rollins talk about two things near to their hearts - music and food. Anecdotal biographies and stories about favourite foods - based on interviews with the artists - provide insight into ...

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Coastal Nights and Inland Afternoons

Coastal Nights and Inland Afternoons more books like this

by Al Young

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The renowned poet Al Young presents his first collection of poetry - Coastal Nights and Inland Afternoons - since named California Poet Laureate by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In this latest collection, Al Young again demonstrated why his poetry is beloved worldwide. While other poets speak, Al Young sings. His life spent in music and the work ...

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Present Tense-Writing and Art by Young Women: Edited by the Calyx Young Women's Editorial Collective

Present Tense-Writing and Art by Young Women: Edited by the Calyx Young Women's Editorial Collective more books like this

by Micki Reaman (Editor), Calyx Young Women's Editorial Collective (Editor), Et Al Reaman (Editor)

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This anthology is edited by the CALYX Young Women's Editorial Collective. Contributors include Lauri Connor, Lara Frankena, Jullianna Parr, Alex Zaphiris, and R. Teri Bilas.

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Drowning in the Sea of Love: Musical Memoirs

Drowning in the Sea of Love: Musical Memoirs more books like this

by Al Young

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"While drowning in the sea of sound", writes Al Young, "my whole life passes before me". These memoirs, essays, and informed vignettes tap into the evocative powers of music and song. On this thoroughly original, lyricized voyage through time and timelessness, jazz, blues, pop, country and western, classical, and Latin traditions get deliciously ...

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Seduction by Light more books like this

by Al Young

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Meet Mamie Franklin--formerly of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, now of Santa Monica, California. Hailed in the '50s for her domestic roles in Hollywood films, she now works as a housekeeper. By listening to her singular brand of earthy wit and psychic wisdom, readers see how she ultimately triumphs over events that would bring a lesser woman to her ...

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Jazz Idiom: Blueprints, Stills, and Frames

Jazz Idiom: Blueprints, Stills, and Frames more books like this

by Charles L Robinson (Photographer), Al Young (Text by)

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A bri;llant behind the scenes portrait of the legendary figures at the early Monterey Jazz Festival

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The Mormon media market more books like this

by Al R. Young, Roger Reynolds, Kenneth A. Haubrock

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Heaven: Collected Poems, 1956-1990 more books like this

by Al Young, O O Gabugah (Designer)

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Calligraphy: From Beginner to Expert more books like this

by Caroline Young, MPH, Chris Lyon (Illustrator), Jane Felstead (Designer)

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Snakes more books like this

by Al Young

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Things Ain't What They Used to Be: Musical Memoirs more books like this

by Al Young

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Bodies and Soul: Musical Memoirs more books like this

by Al Young

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Dancing; poems. more books like this

by Al Young

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The Blues Don't Change: New and Selected Poems more books like this

by Al Young

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Kinds of Blue: Musical Memoirs more books like this

by Al Young

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The song turning back into itself; poems. - more books like this

by Al Young

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Shifting Gears: My Global Bike Odyssey more books like this

by Al Young, Kristine Keppernel Jepsen (Editor)

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A year-long bicycle trip full of highs and lows that changed Al from a shy, introverted country girl into an outgoing, self-assured world traveler.

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Quilt 1 more books like this

by Ishmael Reed (Editor), Al Young (Editor)

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Conjugal Visits: And Other Poems in Poetry and Prose more books like this

by Al Young

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