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Blackberries, Blackberries(Reprint)
(Kentucky Voices)
by Crystal Wilkinson, Nikky Finney, Honorée Jeffers
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2017 by University Press Of Kentucky
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-6958-3, ISBN: 0-8131-6958-5

"As the title implies, this beautifully written collection bursts with stories reminiscent of blackberries - small, succulent morsels that are inviting and sweet, yet sometimes bitter. Crystal Wilkinson provides an almost voyeuristic glimpse into the lives of her characters: Two misfit teenagers seek stolen moments of love and acceptance in the cloak of night ("Hushed"); a woman spends every waking hour obsessed with dying yet ironically ..."






State of the Heart(Reprint)
South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love (Non Series)
by Aida Rogers, Cassandra King, Nikky Finney
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of South Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-903-3, ISBN: 1-61117-903-3

"For many, South Carolina is a sunny vacation destination. For those who have been lucky enough to call it home, it is a source of rich memories and cultural heritage. In this final volume of State of the Heart, thirty-eight nationally and regionally known writers share their personal stories about places in South Carolina that hold special meaning for them. While this is a book about place, it is ultimately about people's connections to ..."






Jacob Lawrence(Reprint)
The Migration Series
by Leah Dickerman, Elsa Smithgall, Elizabeth Alexander, Rita Dove, Nikky Finney, Terrance Hayes, Tyehimba Jess, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jodi Roberts, Patricia Jones, Natasha Trethewey, Crystal Williams, Jacob Lawrence, Kevin Young
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2015 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York
ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-964-7, ISBN: 0-87070-964-X

"In 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just twenty-three years old, completed a series of sixty small tempera paintings with text captions about the Great Migration. Within months of its making, Lawrences Migration series was divided between The Museum of Modern Art (even numbered panels) and the Phillips Memorial Gallery (odd numbered panels). The work has since become a landmark in the history of African-American art, a monument in the collect ..."






Jacob Lawrence(Reprint)
The Migration Series
by Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Alexander, Rita Dove, Nikky Finney, Terrance Hayes, Tyehimba Jess, Yusef Komunyakaa, Patricia Jones, Natasha Trethewey, Crystal Williams, Kevin Young, Leah Dickerman, Elsa Smithgall
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2017 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York
ISBN-13: 978-1-63345-040-0, ISBN: 1-63345-040-6

"Lawrence's landmark series on African American migration in contextIn 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just 23 years old, made a series of 60 small tempera paintings on the Great Migration, the decades-long mass movement of black Americans from the rural South to the urban North that began in 1915–16. The child of migrant parents, Lawrence worked partly from his own experience and partly from long research in his neighborhood library. The res ..."






Our Prince of Scribes(Reprint)
Writers Remember Pat Conroy
by Nicole Seitz, Jonathan Haupt, Barbra Streisand, Rick Bragg, Sonny Brewer, Sandra Brown, Dottie Ashley, Jonathan Carroll, Cassandra King Conroy, Ryder Carroll, Mark Childress, Katherine Clark, Melissa Conroy, Tim Conroy, Debbi Covington, Nathalie Dupree, Walter Edgar, Margaret Evans, Nikky Finney, Jonathan Galassi, Judy Goldman, Scott Graber, Cliff Graubart, Cynthia Graubart, Anthony Grooms, Alexia Helsley, Mary Hood, John Connor Cleveland, Stephanie Austin Edwards, Connie May Fowler, Patti Callahan Henry, Josephine Humphreys, Janis Ian, Terry Kay, John Lane, David Lauderdale, Ellen Malphrus, Andy Marlette, Bren Mcclain, Teresa Miller, Wendell Minor, Mary Monroe, Michael Morris, Kathy L. Murphy, Steve Oney, Kathleen Parker, Mark Powell, Ron Rash, Sallie Ann Robinson, Lawrence S. Rowland, Jonathan Sanchez, Alex Sanders, Valerie Sayers, Sean Scapellato, Bernie Schein, Maggie Schein, Lynn Seldon, Catherine Seltzer, Anne Rivers Siddons, George Singleton, William Walsh, John Warley, Ashley Warlick, Teresa K. Weaver, Marjory Wentworth, William Balk Jr., Michael O'keefe, Michael O’Keefe
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5685-3, ISBN: 0-8203-5685-9

"New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In sharing their stories of Conroy, his fellow writers honor his memory and advance our shared understanding of his lasting impact on twentieth- ..."

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