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Black wisdom / Frenchy Jolene Hodges.

LIBRA - Rare PS3558.O3433 B6 1971 Banks copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hodges, Frenchy Jolene.
Contributor:
Broadside Press, publisher.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Broadside poets
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Poetry.
African Americans.
Genre:
Poetry.
American poetry.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
30 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm.
Edition:
First Edition.
Place of Publication:
Detroit, Michigan : Broadside Press, 1971.
Contents:
Invitation
A talisman
The hills
The grasshopper world
Stereo abstract
Super thought
When...
Unencouraged lingering
To Reggie
Shattered dreams
Dreams, common sense and stuff
Elegy written in America
Innocent question
Listen, I'se talkin' to you, Lawd
Syncopating rhythm
Black wisdom
Black haiku
What it means to be an "N"
A black memorial day
On dreams
In front of Fifth Avenue library on the steps.
Notes:
Order form for additional copies [1] page at end.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy is "First Edition First Printing".
Other Format:
Online version: Hodges, Frenchy Jolene. Black wisdom.
ISBN:
0910296405 :
9780910296403
OCLC:
161202

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