New York: Dial Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-8037-1001-1 . ... celebrates the African-American spirit along with thirteen major American poets: Maya Angelou, Lucille Clifton, Alexis De Veaux, Mari Evans, Darryl Holmes, Langston Hughes, Rashidah Ismaili, Haki R. Madhubuti, Walter Dean Myers, Mwatabu Okantah, Eugene B. Redmond, Askia M. Toure, Margaret Walker. Black paper over boards, purple cloth spine, endpapers and each page illustrated to accompany poetry. Dust jacket with full color wrap-around illustration. This copy with a warm inscription on the title page penned and inscribed by Feelngs to fellow artist Claude Clark. ; Oblong, 10-1/2" x 9-3/4"; [27] pp; Feelings was the 1994 Coretta Scott King Book Illustrator Award Winner for this title, the first of two. ; Signed by Illustrator; Book is lightly bumped at corners of spine, otherwise fine. Jacket has light wear at spine corners and a single 3/4" closed tear along the bottom edge, protected by mylar cover. .

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In this compelling collection of words and pictures, the voices of thirteen major poets, including Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Walter Dean Myers, rise in response to the dazzling vistas and emotionally vivid portraits of award-winning artist Tom Feelings. A unique and moving collaboration that celebrates the sustaining spirit of African creativity. "The selections?are uniformly uplifting, with affirming messages about the heritage, strength and dreams of African Americans." ? Publishers Weekly

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Bookseller: Andrew Langer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4906
Title: Soul Looks Back in Wonder
Author: Feelings, Tom
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: Stated First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0803710011
ISBN 13: 9780803710016
Publisher: Dial Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1993
Keywords: 0-8037-1001-1
Bookseller catalogs: African American History; African American Studies;

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