HER BLUE BODY EVERYTHING WE KNOW: Earthling Poems, 1965-1990 Complete
by Walker, Alice
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151400407
- ISBN 13
- 9780151400409
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
San Diego and New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 463 p. San Diego and New York: Harcourt Brace Javonovich, 1991. First edition. Anthology of poems written over three decades, interspersed with commentary by Walker on the relationship of the poems to the political and spiritual issues of the time, and her own development as poet and person. An American writer whose novels, poems, and short stories are noted for their insightful treatment of African American culture, Alice Walker (b.1944) is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple (1982), which depicts a black woman's struggle for racial and sexual equality. Signed by Walker on the title page. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author.
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62703
- Title
- HER BLUE BODY EVERYTHING WE KNOW: Earthling Poems, 1965-1990 Complete
- Author
- Walker, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151400407
- ISBN 13
- 9780151400409
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- San Diego and New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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