Poems for Niggers and Crackers by Ibrahim ibn Ismail and James V. Hatch.
Poems for Niggers and Crackers by Ibrahim ibn Ismail and James V. Hatch. (self published). Illustrations by Camille Billops. Introduction by David Dubois. "may, 1965" stated with no listing of subsequent printings. [9], 54 pages 5 1/4" by 8" staple bound paperback. Front cover has a light bend on the lower corner. There is a reddish brown rubber stamp? on the lower back cover of what is probably the store from which this book was originally sold. I see some very light smudging and scraping on the covers and perhaps a very light bump on the top of the front cover. There is also very light creasing along the spine of the front cover. On the first blank page is a light spot about 1/4" in diameter. I see no other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with a bit of snap to the pages. This book may have never been fully opened, let alone read. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. sLG27a "Poems for Niggers and Crackers... arose out of the uncontrollable hatred and despair of the black poet, Ibrahim Ibn Ismail and the unwanted guilt and disgust of the white poet, James V. Hatch and the attempts of each to purge himself of these negative emotions through joint poetic expression......Neither the hatred, anger and despair nor the guilt and disgust originated with the meeting. They were created long before by the simple and yet horrific circumstance of the poets having grown to manhood in a society in which each submitted to the emotions which seemed the best defense against total destruction." from the introduction.
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