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Sanchez, Sonia; LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka]; Yusef Iman, Larry Neal, et al.
Anthology of Our Black Selves [Cover title: Afro-Arts Anthology]
$450
Item Details
Newark, New Jersey, Jihad Productions, 1969, Soft cover
Third Printing, Very Good or Better
Scarce anthology of articles, essays, poetry, and plays from some of the most important writers and activists in the Black Arts Movement.
Amiri Baraka (previously known as LeRoi Jones) founded Jihad Productions to promote Black literature and music. The anthology contains several poems under Jones's name, as well as works by Sonia Sanchez, Larry Neal, David Henderson, Edward S. Spriggs, Ben Caldwell, Q.R. Hand, and Joseph White. Introduction by the playwright and actor Yusef Iman. Cover by Bnjn.
This copy is a third printing and is scarce in the antiquarian book trade. The anthology originally was published in 1966 as Afro-American Festival of the Arts Magazine followed by a second printing in 1967. The first two printings are nearly impossible to find outside of university special collections.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8.5 x 5.5 inches; 217 x 140 mm), [52] pages, in stapled, decorated wrappers (soft cover).
CONDITION: Faint soiling and creasing to rear wrapper, bumping to corners, slight rusting to staples, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Easily Very Good or better.
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