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Anthology of American Literature.
Includes index,
Contents: -v.2. Realism to the present.
1. American Literature. I. McMichael, George L.,
1927 - . II. Crews, Frederick C.
PS507.A68 1989 810'.8 88-8413
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Acknowledgments
Atheneum Punlishers, Inc. W.S. MERWIN. "The Dry Stone Mason," "The Asians Dying," "Fly," from The Lice. Copyright 1966, 1967 by W. S. Merwin. "The Dry Stone Mason" and "The Asians Dying" appeared originally in The New Yorker. "Fly" appeared originally in The Atlantic Monthly. "Noah's Raven" from The Moving Target. Copyright 1963 by W.S. Merwin. "Direction" from Opening the Hand. Copyright 1983 by W.S. Merwin. "Direction" from Opening the Hand. Copyright 1983 by W.S. Merwin. Reprinted by permission of Atheneum Publishers.
Gwendolyn Brooks. "Kitchenette Building," "The Mother," "Sadie and Maude" copyright 1945 by Gwendolyn Brooks. "The Vacant Lot" from The Bean Eaters. Copyright 1960 by Gwendolyn Brooks. "The Children of the Poor" Copyright 1949 by Gwendolyn Brooks. "The Lovers of the Poor" from The Bean Eaters. Copyright 1960 by Gwendolyn Brooks. "Beverely Hills, Chicago" from Annie Allen. Copyright 1949 by Gwendolyn Brooks. "We Real Cool. The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel." Copyright 1959 by Gwendolyn Brooks. "The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock." Copyright 1960 by Gwndolyn Brooks. "The Blackstone Rangers: As seen by Disciples. The Leaders. Gang Girls." Copyright 1968 by Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely. All selections reprinted from The World of Gwendolyn Brooks by Gwendolyn Brooks by permission of the author.
Corinth Books, Inc. IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA (LEROI JONES). "In Memory of Radio," "The Bridge," "Notes for a Speech" from Preface to a Twenty-Volume Suicide Note. Copyright 1961 by LeRoi Jones. Reprinted by permission of Corinth Books.
Delacorte Press. TILLIE OLSEN. "I stand Here Ironing" from Tell me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen.
Copyright 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961 by Tillie Olsen. Reprinted by arrangement with Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence.
The Dial Press. JAMES BALDWIN, "Sonny's Blues," Copyright 1957 by James Baldwin. From