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  • SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: An Unlikely Collection of Poetry [With CD] by Young, Al.
    Young, Al.
    SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: An Unlikely Collection of Poetry [With CD]

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks / Media Fusion, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - "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." 120 poems in the book plus this includes an audio CD with "More than 60 minutes of gripping, dynamic blues poetry (often with a live band), plus Langston Hughes' soulful reading of 'The Weary Blues'."SIGNED on the title page. Square format. 254 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (both book and cd are as new).

    Book ID: 56534
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  • THE SOUND OF DREAMS REMEMBERED: POEMS 1990-2000. by Young, Al.
    Young, Al.
    THE SOUND OF DREAMS REMEMBERED: POEMS 1990-2000.

    Edition: Reprint (orig published in 2001.)

    Berkeley, CA: Loveletter Editions. (2006.). SIGNED first edition - Young has been the California Poet Laureate, the recipient of NEA, Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships, as well as the PEN/Library of Congress Award for Short Fiction and the PEN/USA Award for Non-Fiction. Yusef Komunyakaa says this collection "invites readers to travel the depth and breadth of his bountiful imagination. There is a deep singing inside of Al Young's poetry, with a hint of Ocean Springs beneath a distilled signifying in the hands of a master code switcher. This seasoned voice knows the music and folklore, the history and lingo..." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2007. Cover art and illustrations by Vivian Torrance. 134 pp. ISBN: 1427601143.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 56960
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  • BLACK MARIA: Being The Adventures Of Delilah Redbone & A.K.A. Jones - Poems Produced and Directed by by Young, Kevin.
    Young, Kevin.
    BLACK MARIA: Being The Adventures Of Delilah Redbone & A.K.A. Jones - Poems Produced and Directed by

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning Black poet's fourth book - a film noir novel in verse - one which "channels the world of detective movies, picking up its lingo and dark glamour in five 'reels' of poetry - the adventures of a 'soft-boiled' private eye, known as A.K.A. Jones, and an ingenue turned femme fatale, Delilah Redbone, whos come to town from down south." 141 pp. ISBN: 1-400042097.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine black dust jacket with small round window in front cover.

    Book ID: 86189
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