Ascending Poems by Richard Long (13 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Best known for his anthologies on Black literature and his scholarship on Black life and culture, Richard A. Long's own creative writing would have remained obscure and under represented had it not been for Eleanor Traylor, Sterling Brown Professor and Graduate Professor of English at Howard University, who asked Third World Press to produce a commemorative edition of Ascending and Other Poems. As a tribute to Long and to his legacy, this slim volume of verse introduces this poet to an entirely new audience. Ascending and Other Poems originally produced through the DuSable Museum of African American History under the guidance of Margaret Burroughs engaged his followers in the mid 1970s. Today almost thirty years later, it still engages and challenges readers with profound revelations and alluring language. "Originally a publication of the DuSable Museum of African American History, Inc."--Title page verso Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 25 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.20 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Best known for his anthologies on Black literature and his scholarship on Black life and culture, Richard A. Long's own creative writing would have remained obscure and under represented had it not been for Eleanor Traylor, Sterling Brown Professor and Graduate Professor of English at Howard University, who asked Third World Press to produce a commemorative edition of Ascending and Other Poems. As a tribute to Long and to his legacy, this slim volume of verse introduces this poet to an entirely new audience. Ascending and Other Poems originally produced through the DuSable Museum of African American History under the guidance of Margaret Burroughs engaged his followers in the mid 1970s. Today almost thirty years later, it still engages and challenges readers with profound revelations and alluring language.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 24p, octavo. A fine copy in lime green printed wraps. Distributor/publisher stamped their name on every copy on the titlke page. Long wrote books on African Dance and close friend of James Baldwin.

[32 pp]. 16 poems. VG+ in faded lime green stapled wrappers with sunning near staples. Publisher's slip laid in. Introduction by Hoyt W. Fuller, who writes of Long, "This sometime poet is among those blessed humans about whom there is nothing ordinary.".

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. In polypropylene bag. (african americans, african american authors, 20th century ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are clean and square. Binding is tight. Text block is clean. Pictures available upon request.

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnRichard A. Long&#8212a celebrated author, lecturer, cultural historian, and the Atticus Haygood Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Emeritus, at Emory University&#8212began his career in academia teaching Englis.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. green cloth, inscribed in 1980 by the author. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1975 1st ed. INSCRIBED on ffep. by author. unpaginated [20pp] green cloth 8vo w/gilt titles: Fine/no dj. An early book of poetry by Long (1929-2013),Emory University's Atticus Haygood Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. [Chicago?]: [Richard A. Long], 1975. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green printed staple bound card wrappers; [32]pp. Wrapper margins a bit toned, scattered foxing, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed on title page, "For Betty / with best wishes / Richard A. Long." Poetry collection by the Black academic, at the time of publication the Director of the Center for African and African-American Studies at Atlanta University.…