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Additional authors

1. Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). Collections, repository. poe

Description

1. 75 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

1. A collection of poetry echoes many of the themes and lyricism of Baldwin's essays and novels.

Subject

1. Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
2. Poetry

Genre/Form

1. Poetry
2. poetry.
3. Autobiographical poetry
4. Poésie autobiographique.
5. Poésie.

Contents

1. 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.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain