NOW SHEBA SINGS THE SONG

Angelou, Maya

ISBN 10: 0525245014 / ISBN 13: 9780525245018

Published by E.P. Dutton/Dial Books, New York, 1987

About this Item

An outstanding collaborative effort between Angelou, poet, biographer, historian, novelist, film director, and Caldecott Honor artist, Feelings, has resulted in an exceptional book giving voice to the spirit of Black women throughout the world. 55 pages, 9 1/2 x 12 1/2", with over 80 sepia-toned drawings by Feelings of Black women sketched in Africa, South American and the U.S. over the past 25 years that perfectly complements Angelou's intense, sensuous poetry. An inscription to previous owner on the dedication page, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. Some quite minor surface wear, o/w price-clipped dustjacket shows no tears, no chipping, no creasing. A collectable copy.

Seller Inventory # 004548

Bibliographic Details

• Title: NOW SHEBA SINGS THE SONG
• Publisher: E.P. Dutton/Dial Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525245014
• ISBN 13: 9780525245018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Feelings, Tom
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Miscellaneous
  • African American

About this title

Synopsis

The Inaugural poet, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, unites with a renowned illustrator for a poetic tribute to the extraordinary essence of ordinary African-American women. Reissue.

Reviews

Feelings's 84 sepia and black-and-white illustrations of black women were drawn in Africa, the U.S., South America and the Caribbean. They inspired Angelou (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings to write this poem celebrating black women's strength, dignity, exuberance and sexuality. Pictures and verse complement each other in this slender offering. The sketches, by the children's book illustrator and Caldecott award winner, look, regrettably, as if they might be random jottings in an art student's sketchpad. The verses sometimes successfully mingle natural speech rhythms with a literarydiction that filters the voice of African-American woman's centuries of struggle and perseverance. An often eloquent poem is trapped amid prosaic pictures.
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