An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 260
... steps as if she walked that way all the time and had to press into him every now and then for support . The pity of it all was that Bernie had a mind ; couldn't Merijean see that Bernie had a mind ? And then ... giggling . . . floating ...
... steps as if she walked that way all the time and had to press into him every now and then for support . The pity of it all was that Bernie had a mind ; couldn't Merijean see that Bernie had a mind ? And then ... giggling . . . floating ...
Page 261
... steps : unless it was raining to beat the band , her pigeons would be there , and , no matter how depressed she might be , they managed to lessen her gloom . It was something about their wobbly jauntiness , some- thing about their perky ...
... steps : unless it was raining to beat the band , her pigeons would be there , and , no matter how depressed she might be , they managed to lessen her gloom . It was something about their wobbly jauntiness , some- thing about their perky ...
Page 264
... steps , five steps , in front of the library , towards the drugstore . With three aspirins and a large soda she felt better , although the unrealistic cold of the drugstore confused her flesh as she came out onto the street . This time ...
... steps , five steps , in front of the library , towards the drugstore . With three aspirins and a large soda she felt better , although the unrealistic cold of the drugstore confused her flesh as she came out onto the street . This time ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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