Workings of the Spirit : The Poetics of Afro-American Women's Writing (Black Literature and Culture Series)
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The listing describes Workings of the Spirit : The Poetics of Afro-American Women's Writing (Black Literature and Culture Series) by Houston A. Baker ; Elizabeth Alexander ; Patricia Redmond as a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The record for this copy lists 1991 • Univ of Chicago Pr • 239 pages.
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Exact edition: Hardcover · ISBN-13 9780226035222
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Hardcover: ISBN-13 9780226035222
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