Ark Of Bones and Other Stories

New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition in wraps. VG+ (soiling and light wear each with a touch of rubbing.). A posthumously-published book of nine short stories (including “A Harlem Game,” “Double Nigger,” and “The Crossing”) edited by Eugene B. Redmond, Dumas’s colleague at Southern Illinois University. Dumas “identified with the black power movement during his lifetime [and] was… Read more about this item

new york: random house, 1974. first paperback edition, 1974. little of the work of american writer and poet henry dumas (1934-1968) was published during his lifetime. what did reach the public did so only through independent journals and magazines. after dumas's death, toni morrison deemed him an "absolute genius" and, as commissioning editor at random house, published… Read more about this item