Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

New York, Spiegel and Grau, 2015. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, near gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, marred only by previous owner's penned inscription at first free endpaper. 26th printing of the First Edition. Ta-Nehesi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. He earned the National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism, and the George Polk Award for his Atlantic cover story, "The Case for Reparations." 151 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 356921

Catalogue: African American Studies

Keywords: Ta-Nehisi Coates race reparations racism U.S. history

Coleman, James W.

Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban

Lexington, Kentucky, University Press of Kentucky, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brand-new, straight from the publisher, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, no wear thereto. Bound simply in black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. From the publisher's blurb, "With The Tempest's Caliban, Shakespeare created an archetype in the modern era depicting black men as slaves and savages who threaten civilization. As contemporary black male fiction writers have tried to free their subjects and themselves from this legacy to tell a story of liberation, they often unconsciously retell the story, making their heroes into modern-day Calibans. Coleman analyzes the modern and postmodern novels of John Edgar Wideman, Clarence Major, Charles Johnson, William Melvin Kelley, Trey Ellis, David Bradley, and Wesley Brown. He traces the Caliban legacy to early literary influences, primarily Ralph Ellison, and then deftly demonstrates its contemporary manifestations. This engaging study challenges those who argue for the liberating possibilities of the postmodern narrative, as Coleman reveals the pervasiveness and influence of Calibanic discourse.At the heart of James Coleman's study is the perceived history of the black male in Western culture and the traditional racist stereotypes indigenous to the language. Calibanic discourse, Coleman argues, so deeply and subconsciously influences the texts of black male writers that they are unable to cast off the oppression inherent in this discourse. Coleman wants to change the perception of black male writers' struggle with oppression by showing that it is their special struggle with language. Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban is the first book to analyze a substantial body of black male fiction from a central perspective." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Frontis matter, 1-193 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New/New,

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Book number: 353514

Catalogue: African American Studies

Keywords: James W. Coleman black male fiction literary criticism Caliban African American Studies

Evers, Mrs. Medgar, with William Peters

For Us the Living

Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, 1967. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Family Bookshelf Edition. 378 pp. A bracing personal account by Medgar Evers' widow of his murder and its effects on her and her family and the Civil Rights Movement.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,

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Book number: 349539

Catalogue: African American Studies

Keywords: Medgar Evers|Mrs. Medgar Evers|assassination|civil rights

Morel, Lucas F., ed.

Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope: A Political Companion to Invisible Man

Lexington, Kentucky, University Press of Kentucky, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Straight from the publisher. From the publisher's blurb, "An important new collection of original essays that examine how Ellison's landmark novel, Invisible Man (1952), addresses the social, cultural, political, economic, and racial contradictions of America. Commenting on the significance of Mark Twain's writings, Ralph Ellison wrote that "a novel could be fashioned as a raft of hope, perception and entertainment that might help keep us afloat as we tried to negotiate the snags and whirlpools that mark our nation's vacillating course toward and away from the democratic ideal." Ellison believed it was the contradiction between America's "noble ideals and the actualities of our conduct" that inspired the most profound literature -- "the American novel at its best."Drawing from the fields of literature, politics, law, and history, the contributors make visible the political and ethical terms of Invisible Man, while also illuminating Ellison's understanding of democracy and art. Ellison hoped that his novel, by providing a tragicomic look at American ideals and mores, would make better citizens of his readers. The contributors also explain Ellison's distinctive views on the political tasks and responsibilities of the novelist, an especially relevant topic as contemporary writers continue to confront the American incongruity between democratic faith and practice. Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope uniquely demonstrates why Invisible Man stands as a premier literary meditation on American democracy." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xii [1], 1-249 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New/New,