Name: Blacks (ONE BOOK, ONE CHICAGO) Special Limited Edition
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Gwendolyn Brooks

Blacks (ONE BOOK, ONE CHICAGO) Special Limited Edition

$25.00

This Special Limited Edition for “One Book, One Chicago” was funded by the Poetry Foundation and printed by Northwestern University Press

Blacks (ONE BOOK, ONE CHICAGO) Special Limited Edition

Gwendolyn Brooks

a capsule course in Black Poetry Writing

$19.95

In this handbook, four authors write on the same topics but with varying emphases. Gwendolyn Brooks sketches the background of Afro-American poetry and offers practical hints and exercises for writing. Keorapatse Kgositsile discusses the role and situation of the black writer. Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee) explains an author's commitment and discusses the use of words, metaphors, symbols, and characters. Dudley Randall analyzes the syntactical and rhythmical structure of verse and gives suggestions on marketing. The book includes lists of books and articles for background and technique, answers to questions asked by beginning writers, and work sheets showing the growth of a poem.

a capsule course in Black Poetry Writing

Sonia Sanchez

Home Coming

$12.95

Her first poetry collection, Homecoming (1969), contains considerable invective against “white America” and “white violence”

Gil Scott-Heron

So Far, So Good

$14.95

A collection of poems written by the progressive jazz artist, Gil Scott Heron. These works are very political in nature and comment on the current matters of interest during the period of the 1970s and 1980s. The artist shows himself to be a keen analytical observer of the society and its impact upon the people.

Aneb Kgositsile

for you, this circle

$19.95

“Aneb Kgositsile’s poems remind me of the physical language of the Alvin Ailey Dancers. Her poems evoke the same Black elegance, fearlessness and clarity as they sweep across the senses rendering the reader helpless to resist the beauty of truth, its teaching pain and healing pleasure.” --Michael Simanga

Gwendolyn Brooks

Riot

$7.95

‘Riot’ by Gwendolyn Brooks is a poem that illustrates the dissonance that exists between the privileged and those who are driven to desperation to riot.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Aloneness

$7.95

A little boy reflects on the difference between being lonely and being alone

Amiri Baraka

Wise, Why's, Y's

$12.00

A poetic voyage in five parts that charts the ebbs and flows of the African-American movement.

Opal Moore

Lot's Daughter

$11.95

Chronicles the migration of African Americans from the echoing expanses of Mississippi to the hustle of Chicago life. Chicago-native Opal Moore's poems speak of long-ago ancestors whose presence resonates through time, life, and love. Noted for her graceful wordsmithing, Moore tells of the transgressions of transplantation with heart-wrenching honesty and skill.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Beckonings

$7.95

"The aching loveliness of these poems is sometimes close to unbearable. Through the magic of Gwendolyn Brooks' words, we hold in our souls' eye a vivid image of our beauty, we glimpse what we might yet be. An incredible woman, this poet: she would urge us into our ultimate, our transcendent humanity, with her love."

Gwendolyn Brooks

Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems

$4.00

Brooks writes about Africa and the African Americans.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Primer for Blacks

$5.00

Brooks talks to her Black sisters and writes a short statement about the need for Black self-awareness.

Gwendolyn Brooks

To Disembark

$8.00

Unforgettable poetic imagery by one of the greatest female African American poets that captures the viality and complexity of Black life.

Philip C. Kolin

White Terror Black Trauma

$19.95

The 61 poems here concentrate on some of the most traumatic events in Black history from colonial to contemporary times, from the arrival of enslaved Africans in 1619 to Black revolts, Civil War atrocities, incalculable lynchings, the Tulsa massacre, the brave sacrifices of Rosa Parks, the Freedom Riders, the heroes of school desegregation, the murders of Emmet Till, Dr. King, Fred Hampton, Malcolm X, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Eric Garner, and Tyre Nichols. And so many other Black tragedies. Each poem here carries a brief head note identifying the person, place, time, or event that addresses the historical context of the poem. Some poems are written in a his/her recollection of the historical event. Above all, each poem highlights the topography of Black trauma, be that a Civil War fort, a lynching tree, a prison, a school, an island, a ghetto, a river, a national monument, a church, or city street. These resistance poems are chronicles, laments, petitions, heroic recollections about racial attacks on Black people in America.

Allyson Horton

Quick Fire

$12.95

With prose covering such relevant topics as abuse, racism, slavery, and sexism to music, hope,

Keorapetse Kgositsile

Present Is a Dangerous Place to Live

$8.00

The poems are penned by a South African who observed and absorbed the culture of African Americans. These verses contain his observations of this Black culture and the connections with his native South Africa.

Haki R. Madhubuti

Heartlove

$10.00

These essential meditations on commitment will bring pleasure and reassurance while confirming one's belief in the power of love.

Haki R. Madhubuti

Don't Cry, Scream

$8.00

In this classic collection of poetry, the reader will find a bold poem for each crucial issue of Black life.

Kalamu ya Salaam

Precise Tenderness

$19.95

With Precise Tenderness, Kalamu ya Salaam, our long-cherished cosmic deputy, has gifted us another amazing collection of poetry. This volume is a unique exploration of haiku fueled by his seemingly boundless imagination, deft wordplay, and Black Aesthetic wanderings. This creative master artfully paints the page while orchestrating blues/jazz/gospel soundings. "Falling is minor," writes the poet in Haiku #13. What's major is how the poet soars and gets our spirits to fly as we read. Whether issuing political commentary, musing about love and self-inspection, or making his characteristic and inevitable visit to erotica, Kalamu ya Salaam is an immensely profound and inspiring craftsperson. This collection is not only precise tenderness. It is precise brilliance.

Pearl Cleage

Brass Bed and Other Stories

$8.00

Readers will be enlightened by this chronicle of common experiences from the author of ""Mad At Miles"" and ""Deals With The Devil.""

Mzee Lasana Okpara (Fred Lee Hord)

Straight Wobblings of My Father

$9.00

Hord focuses upon his relationship with his father, but other poems of love, friendship, and commitment to activism are included in this book.

Nora Brooks Blakely

Seasons (Paperback)

$17.95

Seasons: A Gwendolyn Brooks Experience captures her life and work in a new book filled with thematic collections of her poetry and prose; photos; memories from family, friends, peers and mentees and gripping illustrations from the award-winning artist, Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Now more than ever the words of Gwendolyn Brooks demonstrate their continued relevance in the 21st century. The national centennial celebration is one part of a resurgence of appreciation for her powerful work and the impact she had on 20th century literature as well as the Black Arts Movement.

T. M. Stringfellow

More Than Dancing

$9.95

Challenging modern America's perspective on love, history, and race relations, these poems deviate from such techniques as free verse and abstraction to concentrate on structured forms such as odes and Italian sonnets. The unifying idea of the book also comes from the classics: the poet views black artists as Prometheus figures, giving fire and inspiration to American culture even when they are barely acknowledged. The poetry's message, however, is gritty and emotional--and sometimes deliberately sentimental--as it pits the joys of love, romance, and racial pride against the sorrows of slavery and segregation.

Ginger Mance

I Say a Prayer for You Black Men

$7.00

This book-length poem is a love poem and prayer to all Black men, a wake-up call for America to atone for its injustices towards Black men, and a voice of instruction for Black women.

James E. Cherry

Honoring the Ancestors

$12.95

The frustration, anger, and restlessness caused by African American oppression are exorcised in this moving collection of poetry. Speaking initially from the perspective of black struggle, these works evolve to invoke the common denominator of all humanity. A familiar voice laments the feelings of a shared past, including tributes to Paul Robeson, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Muhammad Ali, as well as non-African American icons such as Che Guevara, ultimately offering a more thoughtful and transcendental vision of human suffering and injustice.

Donald G. Evans

Wherever I'm At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry

$25.00

The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame has partnered with Chicago publishers After Hours Press and Third World Press to produce a definitive collection of poetry by living Chicago poets. Wherever I’m At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry features the work of a widely diverse list of over 160 poets and artists all with strong ties to Chicagoland. With a Foreword by noted scholar Carlo Rotello, the new anthology is edited by Donald G. Evans (executive director of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame) who completed the project begun by the late poet-editor-teacher Robin Metz formerly of Knox College.

Wherever I'm At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry

Sterling Plumpp

Home/Bass

$18.95

Home/Bass ""brings to the forefront the myriad of folks that inhabit the up-South streets of Chicago or the unaltered roads of Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and other pockets inhabited by Blacks throughout the South. Sterling Plumpp has lived with these folks--sharecroppers, preachers, misplaced Mississippi blues men and women. He has been in their houses, has dined at their tables, and has drunk at the bars on the corners. He is not a stranger to their articulations--voices that call to him from a Natchez cemetery, from the outskirts of some Mississippi Delta town, or settle on Maxwell Street in Chicago--all through the observant and often omnipresent lens of blues artist Willie Kent. Plumpp is always mindful of the slow, steady rhythms of the blues, not as backdrop, but as the foundation and framework on which he structures the components of this book. With the publication of ""Home/Bass, ""Plumpp has once again captured the very essence of language and the blues from the inside out.