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“…""The Good Queen Bess (for Queen Elizabeth I of England)""""Mother Africa""; ""Working on the Farm in 1947""; ""Marry This Poem""; ""Departure""; ""Embden Pond""; ""Robert Lewis (Our Samoyed)""; ""From Jazz After Dinner (2007)""; ""Jazz After Dinner""; ""And When I Die""; ""I Am a Black Man""; ""Black Philosophy""; ""Morning After Morning""; ""Forgiveness""; ""New Poems (2008)""; ""Heifer""; ""Picnic""; ""What I Need Is""; ""I Want to Live While You Love Me""; ""Highway to Love""; ""I Do Love You""; ""Brothers""; ""Characteristics""; ""Claudia, Back Home""; ""Elegy for Emmanuel""; ""Grapes""…”
“…James muddles through a topsy-turvy relationship with his son, Rufus, which is further complicated when Rufus marries Claudia Christie. Claudia's mother -- Agnes Miller Christie -- is a beautiful African American woman who survives a chance encounter on a Georgia road that propels her into a new life in the Bronx. …”
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“…Black -- Levels and trends in low height-for-age / Gretchen Stevens, Mariel Finucane, and Christopher Paciorek -- Interventions to improve reproductive health / John Stover, Karen Hardee, Bella Ganatra, Claudia García Moreno, and Susan E. …”
“…From Claudia Rankine to Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Jericho Brown to Carol Anderson, these voices shine a light on the darkest corners of American history, wrestle with the struggles the country faces today and imagine a better future. …”
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“…Introduction -- Foreward: From Plymouth Rock to Ellis Island / Louis Adamic -- Russian: The first day / George and Helen Papashvily -- Filipino: Helen, thy beauty is to me-- / John Fante -- Portuguese: Footfalls / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- Dutch: A trough of low pressure / David Cornel De Jong -- Serbian: Host to heroes / Milla Logan -- American Indian: North is black / Oliver La Farge -- Austrian: Hunger / Marjorie Worthington -- Armenian: The broken wheel / William Saroyan -- Finnish: All he ever wanted / Nancy Hale -- Icelandic: Load / Dudley Schnabel -- Jewish: Jacob and the Indians / Stephen Vincent Benet -- Irish: Herself / James Pooler -- Norwegian: Mama's Uncle Chris / Kathryn Forbes -- Negro: Fine wagon / Paul Green -- Italian: The dream of Angelo Zara / Guido D'Agostino -- German: Four generations / Ruth Suckow -- Slovene: My Uncle Polde / Frank Mlakar -- Spanish: Man among men / Katharine Patten -- Czechoslovakian: Neighbor Rosicky / Willa Cather -- Chinese: My song Yankee Doodle / Carl Glick -- Hungarian: Rosika the rose / Claudia Cranston -- Swedish: Young Man Axelrod / Sinclair Lewis -- American all: Awroopdedoop! …”