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    Soul Looks Back in Wonder

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    Read by Cary Hite, Allyson Johnson
    Edited by Tom Feelings
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    On sale Dec 04, 2018 | 12 Minutes | 9780525623953
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    "The selections are uniformly uplifting, with affirming messages about the heritage, strength and dreams of African Americans."—Publishers Weekly

    In this compelling collection, thirteen major poets rise in response to the dazzling vistas and emotionally vivid portraits of award-winning artist Tom Feelings.

    A unique and moving collaboration that celebrates the sustaining spirit of African creativity, this collection includes poetry by:
    Maya Angelou
    Lucille Clifton
    Alexis De Veaux
    Mari Evans
    Darryl Holmes
    Langston Hughes
    Rashidah Ismaili
    Haki R. Madhubuti
    Walter Dean Myers
    Mwatabu Okantah
    Eugene B. Redmond
    Askia M. Touré
    Margaret Walker
     

     
    The improbable life story of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) included a peculiarly gothic childhood in Ireland during which he was successively abandoned by his mother, his father and his guardian; two decades in the United States, where he worked as a journalist and was sacked for marrying a former slave; and a long period in Japan, where he married a Japanese woman and wrote about Japanese society and aesthetics for a Western readership. His ghost stories, which were drawn from Japanese folklore and influenced by Buddhist beliefs, appeared in collections throughout the 1890s and 1900s. He is a much celebrated figure in Japan. View titles by Various
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      Coretta Scott King Awards

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    "The selections are uniformly uplifting, with affirming messages about the heritage, strength and dreams of African Americans."—Publishers Weekly

    In this compelling collection, thirteen major poets rise in response to the dazzling vistas and emotionally vivid portraits of award-winning artist Tom Feelings.

    A unique and moving collaboration that celebrates the sustaining spirit of African creativity, this collection includes poetry by:
    Maya Angelou
    Lucille Clifton
    Alexis De Veaux
    Mari Evans
    Darryl Holmes
    Langston Hughes
    Rashidah Ismaili
    Haki R. Madhubuti
    Walter Dean Myers
    Mwatabu Okantah
    Eugene B. Redmond
    Askia M. Touré
    Margaret Walker
     

     

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    The improbable life story of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) included a peculiarly gothic childhood in Ireland during which he was successively abandoned by his mother, his father and his guardian; two decades in the United States, where he worked as a journalist and was sacked for marrying a former slave; and a long period in Japan, where he married a Japanese woman and wrote about Japanese society and aesthetics for a Western readership. His ghost stories, which were drawn from Japanese folklore and influenced by Buddhist beliefs, appeared in collections throughout the 1890s and 1900s. He is a much celebrated figure in Japan. View titles by Various

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    • WINNER
      Coretta Scott King Awards

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