num_pages: 128
description:  Winner of the 1987 American Book Award A foremost American poet in the black oral tradition . . . the work as a whole bears testimony anew to his authentic 'blues' voice, deep feeling, and concern for communication between the races."--Library Journal
language: English
title: The Essential Etheridge Knight
titlecomplete: The Essential Etheridge Knight (Pitt Poetry)
genres: African American, Poetry
ratings_count: 326
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: American Book Award
publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press