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The Catacombs
by
WILLIAM DEMBY
Introduction by Robert Bone
"One of the two most important
black novels of the
1960's."-N.Y.
Times Book Review.
"Action is re–
defined to accommodate Demby'S
theory of cubistic time. . . . The
novel moves forward. simultaneously
through three planes of reality••.•
A brilliant crystalization of con–
temporary consciousness."-ROBERT
BoNE. in the Introduction
P/159 $1.25
Mules and Men
Negro Folktales and Voodoo
Practices in the South
by
ZoRA NEALE
HURSTON
Introduction by Darwin T. Turner;
Foreword by Frank
Boas
"A highly readable. entertaining
book, almost unique in American
folklore literature."-DARWIN T.
TURNER.
Illus.
P/183 $1.50
Great Short Works
of
Edgar Allan
Poe
G. R.
THOMPSON,
Editor
"Includes works which represent the
range of Poe's imagination from the
best of his comic and satiric works to
the best of his Gothic works. . . .
The fundamental ironic and skepti–
cal consistency informing the seem–
ingly diverse performance collected
here is a remarkable literary achieve–
ment-perhaps one of the most re–
markable of the nineteenth century."
--G.
R . THOMPSON, in the Intro–
duction
P/3039
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A. ALVAREZ's most recent book is
Beyond All This Fiddle. "The Art of
Suicide" is from a work in progress,
The Savage God: A Study of Sui.
cide, to be published by Random
House in 1971. An extended ver–
sion
o~
the essay will also appear in
Handbook for the Study of Suicide,
edited by S. Perlin.... L. WOI·
WODE's book What I'm Going to
Do, I Think was the recipient this
spring of the William Faulkner
Award "for the most notable and
distinguished first novel of 1969."
Mr. Woiwode has been traveling
around the U.S. for two years, try–
ing, he tells us, "to find a place
quiet enough to work with some
pe rma nence." . . . "The Seven
Ghazals" are from JIM HARRI–
SON's third collection of poetry,
Outlyer, forthcoming from Simon
and Schuster in January. Mr. Harri–
son has also completed an untitled
false memoir, due out next year,
and is co-editor of Sumac, which
he describes as "an eclectic trio
quarterly." He is thirty-two and
promises "a predictable ode will
be written on reaching thirty–
three".... This fall Oxrord is pub–
lishing LEO BERSANl's new book,
Balzac to Beckett: Center and Cir–
cumference in French Fiction. Mr.
Bersani teaches French at Rut–
gers.... The selections by W. S.
MERWIN are included in his book,
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