Dessa Rose.

New York, NY Berkley Books, 1987. Paperback First Edition Thus (1987); First Printing, so stated. The hardcover edition was published in 1986 by William Morrow. First Edition Thus (1987); First Printing, so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the barest hint of wear to the extremities; four tiny, very faint foxing spots near the bottom of the front panel and to the rear panel; the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Does not appear to have been read or even opened. Free of any creases to the panels. Free of any creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing only a couple of very minor flaws. Very close to 'As New'. REMAINDER, showing small, unobtrusive marks indicating this at the top edge of the text block. NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.9 x 4.25 x 0.85 inches). x, 260 pages. Language: English. Weight: 5.6 ounces. The hardcover edition was published in 1986 by William Morrow. Mass Market Paperback. Sherley Anne Williams (1944 – 1999) was an American poet, novelist, professor, vocalist, Jazz poet, playwright and social critic. She was born in Bakersfield, California, to migrant farm workers. She was raised in the projects on the east side of Bakersfield and picked cotton and fruit with her parents and three sisters in the fields and orchards of Fresno, California. Williams became a professor of African-American Literature at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). Over the course of her career at UCSD, Williams served as chair of the literature department from 1977 to 1980. In 1998, Williams was awarded the African American Literature and Culture Society’s Stephen Henderson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature and Poetry. Williams published two collections of poetry: The Peacock Poems (1975), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and Some One Sweet Angel Chile (1982), also nominated for a National Book Award. This novel ,'Dessa Rose', was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, received two laudatory reviews in The New York Times in 1986, was translated into several languages, and was adapted into a musical that premiered in 2005.