Chicago: Literati International, 1988. First edition. Poem previously collected in THE NEAR-JOHANNESBURG BOY (1986), here appearing on page 35 with inscription, "For Charles Miner,/ Sincerely/ Gwendolyn Brooks/ April 17, 1996." Literati Chicago was a short-lived literary magazine published by writer and blues musician Lincoln T. Beauchamp, aka "Chicago Beau," who..... Item #72527 More
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![Item #72054 THE NEAR-JOHANNESBURG BOY: And Other Poems; [Inscribed first printing]. Gwendolyn Brooks](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72054.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1670443303)
Chicago: The David Company, (1986). First edition. Scarce first printing INSCRIBED BY BROOKS to Puerto Rican editor and translator Roberto Marquez on title page, "For Roberto./ From/ Gwendolyn Brooks/ January 29,/ 1987" -- not long after the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's tenure as the first Black author to be appointed Poet..... Item #72054 More
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Detroit / Chicago: Broadside Press / Third World Press, (1972 / 1996). First edition of each volume. The first one, “REPORT FROM PART ONE,” IS INSCRIBED on the half-title page, “For Richard and Joan, Warm regards!/ Sincerely,/ Gwendolyn Brooks”; and the second one, “REPORT FROM PART TWO,” IS SIGNED TWICE..... Item #72131 More
[Chicago: circa 1986]. Brooks’ letter is written in red ink on the lower third of the recto and upper half of the verso of Henderson’s typed letter dated August 20, 1986 (her response is undated). Her letter reads in part, “I, too, hope the package your aunt sent you will..... Item #72134 More