D.J. Soliloquy (Package of Poetry)

Newark, New Jersey: Thrown Stone Press, [1988].

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Unbound. Pink printed envelope containing 23 stiff sheets, printed rectos only. With an introduction/preface by A.H. Reynolds, author of *Cognac & Collard Greens*. Sheets measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Some bumping to the edges of the envelope but the sheets are fine. A rare collection of socially conscious poetry from Eugene Melvin Turk who went by the moniker of Yictove, which means "one who writes." Born in New Orleans in 1946, Turk was a Black Hebrew Israelite who settled in Newark where he performed poetry at the Newark High School courtesy of the Geraldine Dodge Foundation, directed a poetry series at New York's Knitting Factory, and produced a local public access poetry program. He died in 2007 at the age 61. While all copies of Turk's poetry are scarce, this format is particularly so with just two copies located on *OCLC*.

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Item #385015 D.J. Soliloquy (Package of Poetry). YICTOVE, Eugene Melvin TURK.