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Black + blues

Title
Black + blues / Kamau Brathwaite.
Author
Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-2020.
Publication
  • New York : New Directions Publishing Corp., 1995.
  • ©1995

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StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Book/TextUse in library Sc D 96-245Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Book/TextRestricted use Berg Coll 22-617Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Frezzolini, Sylvia
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Description
69 pages; 21 cm
Summary
Kamau Brathwaite, who won the 1994 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, has revised his celebrated 1979 Casa de las Americas collection, Black + Blues, for its first edition by a U.S. publisher. A rich and beautiful collection, Black + Blues is cast in three parts - "Fragments," "Drought," and "Flowers."
Series Statement
New Directions paperbook ; NDP815
Alternative Title
  • Black plus blues
  • Black and blues
Subject
Note
  • "A New Directions book" -- title page.
  • "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Binding (note)
  • bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Sylvia Frezzolini Severance.
Contents
Fetish -- Time -- Totem -- Schooner -- Conqueror -- Glass -- Trane -- Caliban -- Starvation -- Blues -- Manchile -- Moor -- Springblade -- SunSong -- Bread -- Krow -- Labourer -- Spirit -- Kite -- Xango -- Harbour -- Crab -- Koker.
Call Number
Berg Coll 22-617
ISBN
  • 0811213137
  • 9780811213134
LCCN
95034695
OCLC
32853198
Author
Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-2020.
Title
Black + blues / Kamau Brathwaite.
Imprint
New York : New Directions Publishing Corp., 1995.
Copyright Date
©1995
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New Directions paperbook ; NDP815
Indexed In:
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 142
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 22-617 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Sylvia Frezzolini Severance. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-617 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Frezzolini, Sylvia, cover designer.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 22-617
Sc D 96-245
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