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Once Paperback - 1976

by Alice Walker

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This first volume of poetry established Walker as a poet of unusual sensitivity and power. All of the poems in this collection were written either in East Africa, where Walker spent the summer of 1965, or during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College. “Brief slashing poems-young and in the sun” (Muriel Rukeyser).

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This first volume of poetry established Walker as a poet of unusual sensitivity and power. All of the poems in this collection were written either in East Africa, where Walker spent the summer of 1965, or during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College. "Brief slashing poems-young and in the sun" (Muriel Rukeyser).

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  • Title Once
  • Author Alice Walker
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Amistad Press, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1976-03-15
  • ISBN 9780156687454 / 0156687453
  • Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.97 x 5.32 x 0.29 in (20.24 x 13.51 x 0.74 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Holiday: Valentine's Day
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Death/Dying
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 75029307
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

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  • Essence, 08/01/2011, Page 85
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