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Dancers on the Shore (Greek Studies) [Paperback]

William Melvin Kelley (Author), Mel Watkins (Introduction)

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Howard University Press (November 1982)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0882581147
ISBN-13: 978-0882581149
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,453,432 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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SHE WAS SQUATTING in the front yard, digging with an old brass spoon in the dirt which was an ocean to the islands of short yellow grass. Read the first page

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This book cites 16 books:

A Different Drummer by William M. Kelley on 10 pages
Native Son by Richard A. Wright in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by Charles W. Chesnutt in Front Matter
Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson in Front Matter
The Lyrics Of Lowly Life by Dunbar in Front Matter

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8 books cite this book:

Dem (Black Arts Movement Series) by William Melvin Kelley in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
An Annotated Bibliography of Jazz Fiction and Jazz Fiction Criticism (Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature) by Richard N. Albert on page 51, and page 99
Discovering Fiction Student's Book 2 by Judith Kay on page 171, and Back Matter
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology by James Baldwin in Back Matter
What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers by Anne Bernays in Back Matter

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