Jimmy's Blues : and other poems /

Jimmy's Blues : and other poems /

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"This new collection presents James Baldwin the poet, including all nineteen poems from Jimmy's Blues, as well as all the poems from a limited-edition volume called Gypsy, of which only 325 copies were ever printed and which was in production at the time of his death. Known for his relentl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (Author)
Other Authors: Finney, Nikky (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]
Subjects:
African Americans > Social conditions > Poetry.
Oppression (Psychology) > Poetry.
Homosexuality > Poetry.
Interpersonal relations > Poetry.
Poverty > Poetry.
Lyrik.
Amerikanisches Englisch.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Homosexuality.
Interpersonal relations.
Oppression (Psychology)
Poverty.
Poetry.
Table of Contents:
  • Jimmy's Blues
  • Staggerlee wonders
  • Song (for Skip)
  • Munich, Winter 1973 (for Y.S.)
  • The giver (for Berdis)
  • 3.00 a.m. (for David)
  • The darkest hour
  • Imagination
  • Confession
  • Le sporting-club de Monte Carlo (for Lena Horne)
  • Some days (for Paula)
  • Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico)
  • Christmas carol
  • A lady like landscapes (for Simone Signoret)
  • Guilt, Desire and Love
  • Death is easy (for Jefe)
  • Mirrors (for David)
  • A Lover's Question
  • Inventory/On Being 52
  • Amen
  • Other Poems
  • Gypsy
  • Song for the Shepard Boy
  • For A.
  • For EARL
  • Untitled
  • BALLAD (for Yoran)