The Antioch Suite-Jazz
Detroit: Lotus, 1980.
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First edition. Octavo. 36pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Inscribed by the author to James Baldwin: "To Jimmy / My mentor... After many years of pain and pleasure and Fire in the Flesh. Love, Abba Elethea (Jimmy Thompson)." A collection of poetry by Elethea, born James W. Thompson in Detroit in 1935. He served as editor of *Umbra* in the 1960s and was an active member of the Black Arts Movement during the 1970s before becoming poet-in-residence at Antioch College.
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