Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780807116418ISBN:0807116416
Description: Very Good-; Covers sunned/faded at edges and spine. 'award' label on front is wrinkled. Inscribed and signed by poet on half-title page. Trade PB; 0.22 x 8.93 x 5.5 Inches; 54 pages; Signed by Author. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LOUISIANA STATE UNIV PR
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780807116418ISBN:0807116416
Description: New. Marilyn Nelson Waniek is a teller of family tales whose black roots in the South quickly embrace us all. Maybe best, Waniek has the full range of a blues singer's passion, from bitterness to joy, and she shows why in the right hands poetry's cry of t... read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780807116418ISBN:0807116416
Description: Fine. 8vo, 54 pp. Inscribed and signed by the poet. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
ISBN-13:9780807116418ISBN:0807116416
Description: Good. 0807116416 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: S Softcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780807116418ISBN:0807116416
Description: Fine. 5 1/2" x 9" A fine softcover copy. Inscribed by the poet. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages. Not ex-library. Signed: I Signed by Author. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780807116418ISBN:0807116416
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 54 p. Audience: General/trade. Bookseller's inventory #0000692 read more
"Descended from slaves, Marilyn Nelson has written a book of poetry that honors and celebrates her ancestors. I feel as if I know her family: Diverne, the proud slave; Pomp, born into slavery raising his beautiful daughters; Ray D, the teacher. I have read this over and over and shared it with my 8th graders."
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