num_pages: 55
description: In The Mecca a long poem about a mother searching for her lost child in a Chicago apartment building. In The Mecca was nominated for the National Book Award for poetry.
language: English
title: In the Mecca
titlecomplete: In the Mecca
genres: History, African American, Read For School, Race, African American Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 145
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Poetry
publisher: Harper & Row Publishers