Before I Wake an Other Tales by Detroiters
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- good
- Condition
- Good
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Detroit: Detroit Black Writers Guild, 1990. Softcover. Good. 159 pp. Moderate cover wear (creasing, fraying of paper, ink scribble on front cover), internally clean, with some general wear from use. According to the introduction, "The Black Writers' Guilf was founded in 1983 as a non-profit organization for the specific purpose of increasing literacy awareness and to encourage inner city residents (young and old) to write as an alternative to the many less positive activities available within the city....This pubiscation, Before I Awake, a book of selected short stores, was published by the Guild in order to give our writers an opportunity to see something of theirs in print and, hopefulluy, to encourage them to continue in this very rewarding field." Includes work by Robert Kenyatta Jones, Peggy A. Moore, Herbert R. Metoyer, Jr., Barbara Hunter, Dianne White Morris, Suma, Lafayette King, Ruth Rosa Green, Michael Nance, Michael Bernard Tolliver, and Harry M. Anderson.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22943
- Title
- Before I Wake an Other Tales by Detroiters
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Detroit Black Writers Guild
- Place of Publication
- Detroit
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- African American Black Writers Literature Fiction Studies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.