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  • A WILDERNESS OF VINES. by Bennett, Hal (1930-2004)
    Bennett, Hal (1930-2004)
    A WILDERNESS OF VINES.

    Edition: First paperback printing.

    New York: Pyramidd Books, (1967). Bennett's satirical - and sometimes raw - first novel, which opens in 1919 in the town of Burnside, Virginia, "a mostly black town with deep internal divisions. The story opens in 1919 as Janus Manning rescues Neva Stapleton from the orphanage by taking her as his bride. Both characters are the product of bi-racial parents and, by virtue of the lightness of their skin, place themselves above their darker skinned neighbors in town. . Bennett shows how the effects of racism have infiltrated the community, creating an atmosphere of systemic self-loathing where the town's inhabitants are 'just as prejudiced against black people as some of you white people are.' Internalized hatred is passed on…

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    New York: Pyramidd Books, (1967). Bennett's satirical - and sometimes raw - first novel, which opens in 1919 in the town of Burnside, Virginia, "a mostly black town with deep internal divisions. The story opens in 1919 as Janus Manning rescues Neva Stapleton from the orphanage by taking her as his bride. Both characters are the product of bi-racial parents and, by virtue of the lightness of their skin, place themselves above their darker skinned neighbors in town. . Bennett shows how the effects of racism have infiltrated the community, creating an atmosphere of systemic self-loathing where the town's inhabitants are 'just as prejudiced against black people as some of you white people are.' Internalized hatred is passed on through the generations, creating a powderkeg of hostility that literally explodes at the end of the novel." (Randall Heath) Although the cover of this paperback edition calls it a "sexually frank novel that tells the shocking truth about a Negro Peyton Place" it also - more accurately perhaps - compares Bennett to James Baldwin. 314 pp plus a list of characters arranged by the color of their skin. Cover photograph by Morgan Kane.

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    Condition: Good overall - usual toning to the pages, lower corner slightly bumped, but a straight copy with no creasing to the spine. Scarce in all printings and editions.

    Book ID: 89992
    Keywords: African American Literature, color line, first novel, virginia setting
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  • THE BLACK NOTEBOOKS: An Interior Journey. by Derricotte, Toi.
    Derricotte, Toi.
    THE BLACK NOTEBOOKS: An Interior Journey.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Realizing that her light skin and 'good hair' conspired to give her a unique, unasked-for perspective on the racial divide in the United States, African American poet Toi Derricotte inscribed her anguish in two decades' worth of journal entries. The Black Notebooks records countless moments when Derricotte was showered with offhand entitlements and racist confidences by whites who assumed she, too, was white" Nominated for the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. 205 pp. . ISBN: 0-393045447.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85514
    Keywords: African American Literature, autobiography, color line, memoirs, passing, women authors
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  • THE BLACK NOTEBOOKS: An Interior Journey. by Derricotte, Toi.
    Derricotte, Toi.
    THE BLACK NOTEBOOKS: An Interior Journey.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Realizing that her light skin and 'good hair' conspired to give her a unique, unasked-for perspective on the racial divide in the United States, African American poet Toi Derricotte inscribed her anguish in two decades' worth of journal entries. The Black Notebooks records countless moments when Derricotte was showered with offhand entitlements and racist confidences by whites who assumed she, too, was white" SIGNED on the title page. Nominated for the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. 205 pp. . ISBN: 0-393045447.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 84721
    Keywords: African American Literature, autobiography, color line, memoirs, passing, women authors
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  • THE BLACK NOTEBOOKS: An Interior Journey. by Derricotte, Toi.
    Derricotte, Toi.
    THE BLACK NOTEBOOKS: An Interior Journey.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Realizing that her light skin and 'good hair' conspired to give her a unique, unasked-for perspective on the racial divide in the United States, African American poet Toi Derricotte inscribed her anguish in two decades' worth of journal entries. The Black Notebooks records countless moments when Derricotte was showered with offhand entitlements and racist confidences by whites who assumed she, too, was white" SIGNED on the title page. Nominated for the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. 205 pp. . ISBN: 0-393045447.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76363
    Keywords: african american literature, autobiography, color line, memoirs, passing, women authors
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