Accession number
PML 198552
Creator
Knight, Etheridge, 1931-1991.
Published
Detroit : Broadside Press, [1973]
Credit line
Purchased on the Edwin V. Erbe, Jr. Acquisitions Fund, 2020.
Notes
First edition, first printing, July 1973.
Cover photograph courtesy of Judy Ray.
Printed dedication on p. [5]: Dedicated "to the people of the sun" (two of whom are: my mother, Belzora Knight Taylor, and my woman, Mary Ellen McAnally)."
"Etheridge Knight's first book of poetry, Poems from Prison, was acclaimed by poet Gwendolyn Brooks with the words 'This poetry is a major announcement.' Since its publication in 1968, Knight's reputation has grown steadily, and he has read his poetry throughout the nation. He has edited a collection of prison writings, Black Voices from Prison. Belly Song has as introduction a moving lettter written just before Knight's release from prison. Some of the poems were written in prison, others after his release, but they all show the increasing power and sensitiveness of his often anquished poetry."--Back cover.
Price on cover: $1.75.
Cover photograph courtesy of Judy Ray.
Printed dedication on p. [5]: Dedicated "to the people of the sun" (two of whom are: my mother, Belzora Knight Taylor, and my woman, Mary Ellen McAnally)."
"Etheridge Knight's first book of poetry, Poems from Prison, was acclaimed by poet Gwendolyn Brooks with the words 'This poetry is a major announcement.' Since its publication in 1968, Knight's reputation has grown steadily, and he has read his poetry throughout the nation. He has edited a collection of prison writings, Black Voices from Prison. Belly Song has as introduction a moving lettter written just before Knight's release from prison. Some of the poems were written in prison, others after his release, but they all show the increasing power and sensitiveness of his often anquished poetry."--Back cover.
Price on cover: $1.75.
Description
62 pages, [1] leaf ; 23 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by Knight on the half title page to D.H. Melhem: "To Sis' D.H. - Health/peace - It is good to meet you. Etheridge." Melhem's note below identifies the occasion as 3/1/89 at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Col. On verso of the last leaf, she has made a few notes.
Provenance
D.H. Melhem (1926-2013).
Binding
Illustrated yellow wrappers, with author's photograph on front cover; photograph of Knight, Haki R. Madhubuti, Dudley Randall, and Sterling Brown on back cover.
Classification
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