Poetry. "WHERE THE BIRDS SING BASS may be the best book of poetry in 1995. The voice is hip, urban, observant, and nostalgic. Reginald Lockett brings the world home, and in the process tells us about folks who don't make the news" -Ishmael Reed.

Where the Birds Sing Bass

Literature & Fiction

Lockett, Reginald

Poetry

Jukebox Press

Leaf-Of-Life

Adisa, Opal Palmer

<p>A disabled woman who has spent a lifetime in and out of institutions battling the effects of sexual and physical abuse has triumphed with this book of highly original poems. Her sometimes angry, sometimes wistful poems feature stunning portrayals of love, betrayal and joy that tweak and twist language, challenging and expanding the accepted meanings of words.</p>

In My Garden of Passion and Hate

Woodd, Leslie

<p>Fiction. African American Studies. Set in Louisiana, THE WORTHY ONES portrays several generations of the Pettaway and Johnson families. The story revolves around four lovers who form two triangles. It is also an epic about a generation of African Americans in the South and why thousands of them participated in one of the largest immigrations in American history, when they journeyed to California to work in the war industries during World War II. Charlie Louis Russell, Jr., was born in Monroe, Louisiana on March 10, 1932. Among his many accomplishments, Charlie Russell wrote the film script for Five and received the 1972 N.A.A.C.P. Image Award for best film script.</p>

The Worthy Ones

Russell, Charlie

United States

Oakland Out Loud: Poetry and Prose in Celebration of 'There'

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