Amiri Baraka, In Our Terribleness

USA, 1970
9 1/4" x 8"
hardcover; black cloth boards with dust jacket

In Our Terribleness (Some Elements and Meaning in Black Style) represents a collaborative volume by Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Fundi (Billy Abernathy). The work integrates Baraka's textual analysis with Fundi's photographic documentation. It undertakes a critical examination of Black style, exploring its various components and expressive forms. The work investigates the manifestations and implications of Black aesthetic practice, contributing to the discourse surrounding Black identity and cultural production.

First Printing; Published by Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1970.

Rubbings to dust jacket and wear to edges, but overall in tact; book itself in very good condition.