New York: Seven Stories Press, (2000). Hardcover first edition - The second book by this former Black Panther, activist and radio journalist written while he was still on death row for the murder of a police officer (an action he has steadfastly denied and a sentence which was commuted to life imprisonment in 2001). This includes 79 essays by Abu-Jamal, edited and with an introduction by Noelle Hanrahan and a foreword by Alice Walker. Abu-Jamal was engaged by National Public Radio's 'All Things Considered' program to deliver a series of monthly three-minute commentaries on crime and punishment, but this was canceled following condemnations from the Fraternal Order of Police and others. Tipped onto the front endpaper is a sleeve holding a cd with 19 of his recorded essays and comments by literary figures and activists- including Howard Zinn, Cornel West, Dorothy Allison, Adrienne Rich, John Edgar Wideman annd others - who support Mumia. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph and drawings. 303 pp. ISBN: 1-583220224.

Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 51 poems by 42 poets, ranging from Eloise Greenfield to Gwendolyn Brooks, Tupac to Jay-Z, Queen Latifah to Maya Angelou, Oscar Brown Jr to Claude McKay, accompanied by an audio CD with 30 performances, many recorded especially for this book, including Langston Hughes's explaining how he came to write 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers,' and part of Martin Luther King's original 'I Have a Dream' speech, followed by a live performance of the speech by Nikki Giovanni, Oni Lasana and Val Gray Ward. Illustrated in full color throughout by Alicia Vergel De Dios, Damian Ward, and others. SIGNED by Giovanni on the front endpaper and dated in 2008, the year of publication. Notes on contributors. CD in a pocket inside front cover. Large square format. 72 pp. ISBN: 978-1402210488.

Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 51 poems by 42 poets, ranging from Eloise Greenfield to Gwendolyn Brooks, Tupac to Jay-Z, Queen Latifah to Maya Angelou, Oscar Brown Jr to Claude McKay, accompanied by an audio CD with 30 performances, many recorded especially for this book, including Langston Hughes's explaining how he came to write 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers,' and part of Martin Luther King's original 'I Have a Dream' speech, followed by a live performance of the speech by Nikki Giovanni, Oni Lasana and Val Gray Ward. Illustrated in full color throughout by Alicia Vergel De Dios, Damian Ward, and others. Boldly SIGNED by Giovanni on the front endpaper. . Notes on contributors. CD in a pocket inside front cover. Large square format. 72 pp. ISBN: 978-1402210488.