Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1973).

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Hardcover. First edition. A trifle rubbed at the base of the spine, else fine in very near fine dustwrapper with minimal soiling. Warmly Inscribed by the author on the half-title to Howard Zinn and his wife: "For my sister & brother Roz and Howie with the same love always (even if you get tired of it). Alice Walker. 3/23/73." Howard Zinn was a historian, playwright, and social activist who was very involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Author's third book, and second collection of poetry. Scarce, especially with a good association.

Item #317177
ISBN: 0151770905

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Item #317177 Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems. Alice WALKER.
Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems
Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems

Alice Walker
birth name: Alice Malsenior Walker
born: 2/9/1944

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Biography

American writer whose novels, short stories, and poems were noted for their insightful treatment of black American culture. Her novels focused particularly on women, most notably The Color Purple (1982; film, 1985), which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

Everyone knows the author's 1982 novel The Color Purple, but not everyone knows that the first issue jacket has only one address for the publisher on the rear flap -- later issues have two. Four of her five earliest books are very uncommon: two books of poetry, her first, Once, (1968), and Revolutionary Petunias, (1972); a collection of stories, In Love and Trouble: Stories for Black Women , (1973); and a children's book, Langston Hughes, American Poet, (1974). All of them are expensive in fine condition.

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