• For your consideration:
• A LOT of TWO (2) TITLES:
• BY AL YOUNG
(Born, 1939, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi) (Died, 2021) (Rest in Peace)
• TITLE 1:
“THE BLUES DON’T CHANGE:
New and Selected Poems”
(Louisiana State University Press, 1981) (Hardcover, First Edition)
• SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
• “His poems were rich with the sounds, stories and histories of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Detroit, and his beloved adopted state of California.”
—LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS
• “His remarkable talent and sense of mission to bring poetry into the lives of Californians is an inspiration.”
—GOVERNONR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, ON NAMING AL YOUNG "POET LAUREATE OF CALIFORNIA" (2005)
• “Like jazz, AL YOUNG is an original American voice.”
—MURIEL JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL
• “Poetry is music, everyone knows. But few poets connect the two as fluently as California Poet Laureate AL YOUNG.”
—SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
• “A treasure.”
—TED GIOIA
• “Lyrical alchemist.”
—NPR
•• TITLE 2:
“THE SOUND OF DREAMS REMEMBERED”
(Loveletter Editions, 2006) (Trade Paperback)
• WINNER, 2002, AMERICAN BOOK AWARD
• “AL YOUNG’s THE SOUND OF DREAMS REMEMBERED invites readers to ravel the depth and breadth of his bountiful imagination. There is a deep singing inside of AL YOUNG’s poetry, with a hint of Ocean Springs beneath a distilled signifying in the hands of a master code switcher. This seasoned voice knows the music and folklore, the history and lingo, and each poem, with an almost sacred sincerity, take us multiple dimensions in a single breath.”
—YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA
• “Aside from the fact that rue in French doesn’t rhyme with blue, these poems are the real thing—poetry made of a deep lyric life.”
—LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI
• “Imbued with serious passions and wonders, topical alertness, humor, and lushness of language and mind, AL YOUNG’s poems are voracious for this world, in all its possibilities and parts.”
—JANE HIRSHFIELD
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• For details, please see below.
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TITLE 1: “THE BLUES DON’T CHANGE: New and Selected Poems”
AUTHOR: AL YOUNG
TYPE: HARDCOVER
PAGES: 131
PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge), 1982
EDITION: First Edition, First Printing*
*RE: On the Copyright Page, no later editions listed.
EDITION NOTE: Neither ex-library NOR a Book Club Edition.
ISBN: 0-8071-0978-9
CONDITION of BOARDS (NO DJ): VERY GOOD PLUS.
Light-blue boards are v. clean. Corners are sharp. Spine tips are gently bumped. Two dings on top edge; faint shelf-wear along bottom edges.
CONDITION of BOOK ITSELF: VERY GOOD.
Book is square. Spine is tight. Top text-block edge has a few faint spots (restricted to that area); other edges are fine. Endpapers are fine though FFEP is creased. Pages are bright & clean with no writing (save author’s inscription & signature on Title Page), no doodles, no stains, no spotting, etc.
AUTHOR’S SIGNATURE & INSCRIPTION: Appear, in black ink, on the Title Page as follows: “For [Full Name], with a warm hello from AL YOUNG, Spring in the Delta, 1988.”
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TITLE 2: “THE SOUND OF DREAMS REMEMBERED: Poems 1990-2000”
AUTHOR: AL YOUNG
TYPE: TRADE PAPERBACK
PAGES: 134
PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Loveletter Editions (USA), 2006
EDITION: Unknown—Copyright Page has been torn out
EDITION NOTE: Neither ex-library NOR a Book Club Edition.
ISBN: 1-4276-0114-3
CONDITION of WRAPS: VERY GOOD.
Boards are clean but there’s a long crease running alongside the spine on the front. The back looks like it has a lot of scuffing—but those “scuffs” are actually part of the cover art. Corners & spine tips are bumped.
CONDITION of BOOK ITSELF: ACCEPTABLE.
Book is square. Spine is tight. Text-block edges are fine. •• IMPORTANT NOTE: The copyright Page has been torn out. •• All other pages are intact & bright & clean with no writing, stains, tears, spotting, etc.
SHIPPING NEWS: These books will be wrapped with care before being shipped together in a cushioned and sturdy mailer. THANK YOU!
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