These two volumes (Ark of Bones and Other Stories and Poetry for my People),(Ark1968.

These two volumes (Ark of Bones and Other Stories and Poetry for my People),(Ark1968. A free-lance writer, active in the area of little magazine writing and publishing, and a member of the teaching staff of the Experiment in Higher Education at Southern Illinois University in East St. Louis, Henry Dumas had amassed a considerable body of work at the time of his death in 1968 at the age of thirty-four. Dumas' first collection of short fiction, "Arks of Bones" and Other Stories, was first published in 1974.

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Ark of bones and other stories Paperback – 1974. by. Henry Dumas (Author). Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Are you an author? Learn about Author Central. Goodbye Sweetwater: New & Selected Stories Paperback.

These two volumes (Ark of Bones and Other Stories and Poetry for my People), comprise most of his work, published and unpublished. Used availability for Henry Dumas's Ark of Bones and Other Stories. They amply show the sensitivity and skill with which he approached the themes of blackness and youth, the preoccupations of the stories, and, in the themes and techniques of the poems, demonstrate the awareness of what an African heritage can mean to an American writer.

a book launch party on October 13, 1974 ^ Henry Dumas, Ark of Bones and Other Stories.

a book launch party on October 13, 1974. In her invitation, Morrison said of Dumas's work that it was "some of the most beautiful, moving, and profound poetry and fiction that I have ever in my life read. Henry Dumas, Ark of Bones and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1974.

cop. Unfortunately there is something both elusive and hurried about all but the best of them, as if the writer's impatience was based on prophecy - which, in the light of a number of tales about mojo bones, mystical arks, echo trees (which turn blacks into ""binos"") and afro horns (the sound of which strikes Whitey dead), seems.

Some people say readin too many books. will stunt your growth. Published in Henry Dumas, Ark of Bones And Other Stories, e. Eugene B. Redmond (New York: Random House, 1974), pp. 3-18.

published posthumously in 1974. Some people say readin too many books. Well, on Headeye, everything is stunted cept his eyes and his head. Reprinted by permission of the Avalon Publishing Group.

Book Overview These two volumes (Ark of Bones and Other Stories and Poetry for my People), comprise most of his work.

A free-lance writer, active in the area of ?little magazine writing and publishing, and a member of the teaching staff of the Experiment in Higher Education at Southern Illinois University in East St.

These two volumes (Ark of Bones and Other Stories and Poetry for my People), comprise most of his work, published and unpublished

These two volumes (Ark of Bones and Other Stories and Poetry for my People), comprise most of his work, published and unpublished.

Henry Dumas - After being killed in 1968 most of Dumas' poetry, short .

Henry Dumas - After being killed in 1968 most of Dumas' poetry, short fiction, and novels were published posthumously. Ark of Bones" and Other Stories (1974) Jonah and the Green Stone (1976) Rope of Wind and Other Stories (1979).