THE BEFORE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION FICTION ANTHOLOGY

Reed, Ismael, Kathryn Trueblood, Shawn Wong (SIGNED), editors

ISBN 10: 0393030563 / ISBN 13: 9780393030563

Published by Norton, 1992

About this Item

SIGNED by Wong on the title page, also signed by Gundars Strads (dedication page) to whom the book is dedicated and 8 of the 19 directors of the board of the Before Columbus Foundation (Bob Callahan, Lawrence Di Stasi, Andrew Hope, David Meltzer, Shawn Wong (again) , Alta, Marie Anderson, and one undecipherable signature). Norton, c1992, stated First Edition, first printing (complete number line) , gray boards, Fine/Near Fine dust jacket, 676 pages, Selections from the AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS 1980 - 1990, FICTION LITERATURE; A6604 R FIC; 676 pages; Signed by Author(s).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE BEFORE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION FICTION ANTHOLOGY
• Publisher: Norton
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393030563
• ISBN 13: 9780393030563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Collects the poetry from the last decade of American Book Awards that best reflects the multicultural interests and accomplishments in American literature

About the Author

Ishmael Reed is the author of over twenty-five books―including Mumbo Jumbo, The Last Days of Louisiana Red, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down and Juice!. He is also a publisher, television producer, songwriter, radio and television commentator, lecturer, and has long been devoted to exploring an alternative black aesthetic: the trickster tradition, or “Neo-Hoodooism” as he calls it. Founder of the Before Columbus Foundation, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley for over thirty years, retiring in 2005. In 2003, he received the coveted Otto Award for political theater.