Research Catalog

Title

• Jimmy's blues and other poems / James Baldwin ; with an introduction by Nikky Finney.

Author

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

Publication

Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Finney, Nikky
• Finney, Nikky,
• Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). Collections, repository. poe

Description

xxi, 94 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"This new collection presents James Baldwin the poet, including all nineteen poems from Jimmy's Blues, as well as all the poems from a limited-edition volume called Gypsy, of which only 325 copies were ever printed and which was in production at the time of his death. Known for his relentless honesty and startlingly prophetic insights on issues of race, gender, class, and poverty, Baldwin is just as enlightening and bold in his poetry as in his famous novels and essays. The poems range from the extended dramatic narratives of 'Staggerlee wonders' and 'Gypsy' to the lyrical beauty of 'Some days,' which has been set to music and interpreted by such acclaimed artists as Audra McDonald. Nikky Finney's introductory essay reveals the importance, relevance, and rich rewards of these little-known works"--Jacket.

Subject

• African American gays > Poetry
• African American men > Poetry
• African Americans > Poetry
• African Americans > Social conditions > Poetry
• Homosexuality > Poetry
• Interpersonal relations > Poetry
• Oppression (Psychology) > Poetry
• Poverty > Poetry

Genre/Form

Poetry

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Jimmy's Blues -- Staggerlee wonders -- Song (for Skip) -- Munich, Winter 1973 (for Y.S.) -- The giver (for Berdis) -- 3.00 a.m. (for David) -- The darkest hour -- Imagination -- Confession -- Le sporting-club de Monte Carlo (for Lena Horne) -- Some days (for Paula) -- Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico) -- Christmas carol -- A lady like landscapes (for Simone Signoret) -- Guilt, Desire and Love -- Death is easy (for Jefe) -- Mirrors (for David) -- A Lover's Question -- Inventory/On Being 52 -- Amen -- Other Poems -- Gypsy -- Song for the Shepard Boy -- For A. -- For EARL -- Untitled -- BALLAD (for Yoran)

ISBN

• 9780807084861 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• 0807084867 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• 9780807084878 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013041958

OCLC

852457595

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library