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Leawood, Kansas, USA: 5th Street Irregulars Press/Leathers Publishing, 1997. BX5 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. Stated first edition with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in black vinyl covered boards with gold lettering on the spine and on the front with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the back plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers. A collection of short stories and poetry by a Kansas writer and poet. 113p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 5.75"x8.75". Ex-Library.

Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 2000. BX6 - An ex-library trade paperback book SIGNED by Gish Jen with "For whomever! Best wishes," written on her story page and also by Kevin Young and Ha Jin on their respective pages in very good condition that has some library stamping, lightly curled, clear plastic film patch peeled on the lower spine and front lower left side, some light stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. An alternative literary annual that is an anthology of a diverse variety of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction produced form a diverse group of writers and drawn from the publications of Beacon Press in 1999. The contributors include Kim Addonizio, Dorothy Allison, Greg Bottoms, Jane Brox, Marcus Gafagña, Rafael Campo, Neil Davidson, Brandel France de Bravo, Junor Díaz, Rita Dove, Louise Erdrich, Martín Espada, Steve Faulkner, Frank X. Gaspar, Danielle Legros Georges, Marcie Hershman, Brian Hocevar, Major L. Jackson, Gish Jen, Ruth Prawer… Read More

New York: The Feminist Press, 2000. BW6 - An ex-library first edition hardcover book SIGNED by Margaret Atwood, Rita Mae Brown, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Sandra Cisneros, and Naomi Shihab Nye on their respective story page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some labels, wrinkling, chipping and crease on some edges, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), some bumped corners and stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. Bearing Life includes work by Evelyn C. Rosser, Denise Duhamel, Irena Klepfisz, Mary Mackey, Rita Mae Brown, Sandra Cisneros, Marge Piercy, Elissa Raffa, Jodi Sh. Doff, Hettie Jones, Amy Tan, Suzanne Ostro, Amy Hempel, Deborah Boe, Vicki Lindner, Joy Williams, Lynda Schor, Patricia Foster, Diane di Prima, Paulette Bates Alden, Wendy Rose, Pamela Walker, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Tory Dent, Becky Birtha, Joyce Carol Oates,… Read More

New York: The Feminist Press, 2000. CC4 - A first edition hardcover book SIGNED by Margaret Atwood, Rita Mae Brown, Sandra Cisneros, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Naomi Shihab Nye on their respective page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has small tear with chipping on the front top right side, wrinkling and crease on some edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some light discoloration and shelf wear. Bearing Life includes work by Evelyn C. Rosser, Denise Duhamel, Irena Klepfisz, Mary Mackey, Rita Mae Brown, Sandra Cisneros, Marge Piercy, Elissa Raffa, Jodi Sh. Doff, Hettie Jones, Amy Tan, Suzanne Ostro, Amy Hempel, Deborah Boe, Vicki Lindner, Joy Williams, Lynda Schor, Patricia Foster, Diane di Prima, Paulette Bates Alden, Wendy Rose, Pamela Walker, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Tory Dent, Becky Birtha, Joyce Carol Oates, Sandra Scofield, Kit Reed, Rochelle Ratner, Janice Eidus, Daniela Gioseffi, Judee Norton, Minnie Bruce… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1997. BX6 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated tan and blue wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus ther are two small (about 0.25"x0.25" each) on the front cover near the edge plus there is a remainder mark on the top outside paper edges plus there is some light yellowing on the top outside paper edges. An anthology of women's spiritual writing for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. The contributors include Rosellen Brown, Rebecca Goldstein, Margha Minow, Rachel Adler, Laura Geller, Zvivah Zornberg, and Carolivia Herron. 364p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.5".

San Diego, California: MHO and MHO Works, 1987. BX6 - A trade paperback book SIGNED by Jimmy Santiago Baca on page 247 in very good condition that has some light stains on the page edges, light rubbing and scratches, light discoloration and shelf wear. A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky: The Best of the Sun (Volume II). It is a colleciton of humanistic poems, essays, and other writings. The contributors are Jimmy Santiago Baca, Lightning Brown, Rob Brezsny, Christopher Bursk, Elizabeth Rose Campbell, David C. Childers, David Citino, C. B. Clark, John Cotterman, Cindy Crossen, Rameshwar Das, Hal J. Daniel III, Adam Fisher, roxy Gordon, Karl Grossman, David M. Guy, Francesca Hampton, Ric Haynes, Leslie Woolf Hedley, Art Hill, Frank Holyfield, Ron Jones, Harry Knickerbocker, David Koteen, Stephen March, Lorenzo W. Milam, Stephanie Mills, Carl Mitcham, Leslea Newman, Peter Ray, Priscilla rich, J. W. Rivers, Leonard Rogoff, John Rosenthal, Howard Jay Rubin, Virginia L. Rudder, Roger Sauls, Michael Shorb,… Read More

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. BX6 - A paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in lime green wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. This is one of the most notable annually published collections of published short stories. They have been selected from U.S. and Canadian Magazines by Garrison Keillor with the assistance of Katrina Kenison. Introduction by Garrison Keillor. Katrina Kenison is the series editor. 315p.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. BX6 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a very, very light bump at the front bottom left corner. The premiere sports-writing anthology. Chosen from more than 350 national, regional and specialty publications. This collection features the best writing on sports and sports figures, both familiar and slightly unusual from 1991. Biographical note, 338p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.25".

New York, New York, USA: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1992. BZ1 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus an address stamp on the inside surface of the front cover. A collection of short stories form writers in the states on the west side of the Missouri river. With an introduction by William Kittredge. About the authors, other notable stories of 1991, magazines consulted, acknowledgments, 295p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.25".

New York: Viking, 1985. BZ1 - A first American edition ex-library hardcover book in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has light fading on the spine, some light overall wrinkling, some light glue staining on the front endflaps, and light shelf wear. Book has some very light fading along the top and bottom board edges, some lightly bumped corners, some light glue staining on fixed endpapers, a patch of glue staining on the front free endpaper, usual library marks, stamps, and labels on the top and bottom outside paper edges, front free endpaper, and the copyright page, and minor shelf wear. A collection of short stories, essays on Third World culture and politics, and literary memoirs drawn from the author's twenty years of writing. By the author of "Fireflies," "The Chip-Chip Gatherers," "Love and Death in a Hot Country," "North of South," and "Journey to Nowhere." 421p. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First American… Read More

University, Alabama, USA: University of Alabama Press, 1986. BZ2 - A trade paperback book in good+ to very good- condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black and white illustrated red wraps with minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some rubbing and surface chipping around the spine edges plus there is some surface wrinkling on the spine. This is a literry journal published semiannually at the University of Alabama. This issue contains poetry by Albert Goldbarth, Stephanie Hallgren, Pattiann Rogers, Barbara Molly, Lynne McMahon, Cooley Windsor, Elizabeth A. Price, Peggy Shumaker, Stephen M. Gibson, Maurya Simon, Richard Weaver, Kenneth Schexnayder, Rex Wilder, and Sandra Sprayberry. This issue contains short fiction by Marjorie Sandor, Francois Camoin, robert Whitaker, Kent Nussey, and Gerald Shapiro. This issue contains an interview of Bobbie Ann Mason by Enid Shomer. There are also reviews by Louie Skipper, Gabby Hyman, Kay A. Murphy, Allen Wier, Stephen Haven. Contributors,… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997. BZ5 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in yellow wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A collection of prose pieces by a noted American poet and translator. They include lectures, letters, reviews, addresses, prefaces, and interviews. The author is a former Poet Laureate of the United States, a winner of the National Book Award, the Pulitzer prize, and the PEN Translation Award. 246p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x7.75". Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Chicago, Ilinois, USA: Chicago Review/University of Chicago, 1979. BZ6 - Chicago Review Volume 31 Number 2 Autumn 1979. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated blue wraps with minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some very, very light edge wear around the covers' edges plus there is some light rubbing of the cover overall plus there is some very light soiling on the outside paper edges. This is the volume 32 number 2, fall 1979 issue of a literary quarterly published by the University of Chicago and containing fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews. This issue contains poetry by Peter Wild, Amy Clampitt, and Andrew Schelling, prose by W. S. Di Piero, and an art supplement on the works of Manjula Haksar. Illustrated with black and white reproductions. Contributors, 148p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Haksas, Manjula. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, Ilinois, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1974. BZ6 - Chicago Review Volume 25 Number 4 1974. A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some light overall rubbing, some lighlty bumped corners, some very light creasing on the front cover, and discoloration (browning). Signed by Diane Ackerman on page 43 and Andrei Codrescu on page 133. Volume 25 no. 4, 1974 issue. This issue contains fiction by John Mella, David Zane Mairowitz, and Judy Miles and essays by Jerome Klinkowitz and William Slaughter. There is poetry by Ellen Wittlinger, Diane Ackerman, John Ashbery, David Hilton, Dorothy Foltz, Peter Wild, Ruth Doty, Barry Schechter, Andrei Codrescu, Betty Adcock, Jules Laforgue, Neil Hackman, and George Bogin. There are also drawings by Anna Campoli, photographs by Mayan Ruins, and reviews by Lenfest, Del Ivan Janik, and Stewart Irvin Oost. Index to volume 25, 155p.. Signed. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Greengold, Jane.… Read More

Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523: Department of English/Colorado State University, 1988. CB1 - Colorado Review Volume XV Number 2 Fall Winter 1988. Minor overall shelf wear. Volume XV No. 2 Fall/Winter, 1988 of a journal of contemporary literature. This issue includes an interview Ron Sukenik and Curtis White. There is an open letter from William Heyen. There is ficiton by David Huddle and Francois Camoin. There is poetry by Holly Prado, Alberta Turner, David McKain, Grace Bauer, Jeanne Lohmann, Kathleen Reddy. There are translations of Yehuda Amichai, Pia Tafdrup, Enrique Huaco, and Lars Gustafsson. There are also reviews of books by Janet Kauffman, Dan Gerber, and Reginald McKnight. The cover art is by Jim Foster. Contributors' notes, 97p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Foster, Jim. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.: Southern Methodist University Press, 1990. Q4 - Book has very light shelf wear otherwise fine. The stories in Common Bonds speak of the ways we really live, not in the frontier past but in twentieth-century Texas, when we live in rented apartments in Houston, barrios in San Antonio, fancy mansions in Dallas, and, yes, on farms and ranches too.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Brookville, New York, USA: Long Island University, 1996. CB3 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with a very light bump to the back bottom left corner plus there is a light crease on the back cover at the bottom left corner. This is issue number 58/59, Spring/Summer 1996 of a literary magazine published by Long Island University. 360p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9".

Brookville, New York, USA: Long Island University, 1995. CB3 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated green wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with a margin mark and two lined underlined in black ink on page 47 plus there is a very brief note in black ink on the back endpaper. This is issue number 56/57, Summer/Fall 1995 of a literary magazine published by the Long Island University. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9".

Brookville, New York, USA: Long Island University, 1995. CB3 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some very light soiling on the right outside paper edges plus there is a brief neat note in black ink on the back endpaper plus there is some very, very light water wrinkling for about 2 inches along the right paper edges through about page 102. This is issue number 54/55, Fall 1994/Winter 1995 of a biannual literary magazine published by Long Island University. 364p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9".

Brookville, New York, USA: Long Island University, 2002. CB3 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. This is issue number 76/77, Fall/Winter 2001/2002 of a literary magazine published by Long Island University. This issue contains a supplement for September 11, 2001 with an article from the editor. There is also a memoir by Pat Kaufman. 354p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9".