The World Needs

Fort Smith, AR: South and West, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Octavo (22.75cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 40pp. Touch of oxidation to staples, mild wear and dustiness to wrapper extremities; Near Fine. The native Arkansas poet's second book, a collection of uplifting Afro-centric poems chiefly gathered from various literary magazines. Contents deal with issues of race, family, militancy, music, and brotherhood. Fewer than 20 copies in OCLC.