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THE NEW BLACK POETRY.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: International Publishers, (1969.). SIGNED first edition - An important early anthology, containing poems, most appearing here for the first time, from 76 African American poets. Introduction by Major. SIGNED by Sam Cornish at his poem "To a Single Shadow without Pity." Other contributors include Ed Bullins, Stanley Crouch, Nikki Giovanni, Harry Edwards, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Bob Kaufman, Al Young, Quincy Troupe, Eugene Redmond, LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka], Victor Hernandez Cruz, Charles F. Gordon, Audre Lorde, Larry Neal and many others. Brief biographical listings for each poet. 156 pages.
Condition: Very good (previous owner's name, that of poet Elizabeth LaPlace [Harrod], checkmarks on list of contents, some highlighting in the introduction.)