Her Blue Body Everything We Know Earthling Poems, 1965-1990 Complete

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0151400407 . SIGNED by author in black ink on half-title page. A collection of poetry from Alice Walker, including WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MOTHER: PREVIOUSLY UNCOLLECTED POEMS. "It surprises me to see I have been writing and publishing poetry for twenty-five years. For which I have Poetry itself to thank. Because I was so often filled with despair over my own and the world's shortcomings, especially during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, I assumed I would be a suicide by the age of thirty. " (Preface, pg. Xv). "More than an anthology, HER BLUE BODY EVERYTHING WE KNOW offers a historical perspective on the political and spiritual issues of the last three decades as well as insights into the evolving consciousness of one of the most remarkable and provocative literary voices of our time." Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal edge wear, small bumps on bottom right corner of front board and spine tail; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge wear, lightly faded on head edge of front cover. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 463 pages; Signed by Author .