Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing

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A hardcover book with a coated paper dust jacket. The book has a black cloth binding and orange endpapers. The front jacket cover is black with “Black Fire” written in stylized red text with flames bordering the black letters. The flames extend toward the upper left corner. Below the title in yellow script is [An Anthology of / Afro-American / Writing / Edited by LeRoi Jones / and Larry Neal]. The jacket’s back cover has a black-and-white photograph of Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Larry Neal, both in profile. The title page is signed in ink, “Amiri Baraka,” and has several library stamps in black ink. The book’s contents include a table of contents, a foreword by Ameer Baraha, fourteen essays, works by over fifty Black poets, selections of fiction and drama writing, an afterword by Larry Neal, and a list of contributors. The contributors are as follows: ESSAYS: James T.

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