Al Young
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Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora
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2006
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6 editions
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African American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology
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1995
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5 editions
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Four Roses: The Return of a Whiskey Legend
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2010
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4 editions
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Sitting Pretty
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1976
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7 editions
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The Literature of California, Volume 1: Native American Beginnings to 1945
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2000
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5 editions
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Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990
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1992
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3 editions
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Snakes
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1970
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9 editions
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Drowning in the Sea of Love: Musical Memoirs
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1995
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Seduction by Light
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1988
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3 editions
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Something About the Blues: An Unlikely Collection of Poetry
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2007
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4 editions
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“Just tell me who the hell am I?
What powers did I, do I hold?
What right have I to say “my”
or “mine” or “me” — all honey-
glazed, all bullet-proofed and
worshipful of any gangster “I”?
The key to the Dollar Store
hangs on my belt. Yes, “my”
again. And what of roof, of bread,
of loving laughter? What’s in?
My vinyl favorite Booker Little,
vintage, soothes me. He jars
our ears with trumpet joy and
stuff freed folks stash in cabinets.
Never one to make too much of
why we love and what, I love my
powers. I might put you in my will.”
―
What powers did I, do I hold?
What right have I to say “my”
or “mine” or “me” — all honey-
glazed, all bullet-proofed and
worshipful of any gangster “I”?
The key to the Dollar Store
hangs on my belt. Yes, “my”
again. And what of roof, of bread,
of loving laughter? What’s in?
My vinyl favorite Booker Little,
vintage, soothes me. He jars
our ears with trumpet joy and
stuff freed folks stash in cabinets.
Never one to make too much of
why we love and what, I love my
powers. I might put you in my will.”
―
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