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Avalon Publishing, 1995. 1. Fine. An anthology of 70 uncut short stories collecting the work of writers from the African Diaspora. The authors, representing an immense range of intellectual concerns and cultural perspectives, include Jose Alcantara Almanzar of the Dominican Republic, Luiz Silva "Cuti" of Brazil, Rene Depestre of Haiti, and Astrid Roemer of Surinam/Holland as well as many well-known and less well-known US authors including Amiri Baraka, Rita Dove, John Edgar Wideman, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR SoftcoverBox 6