DAÁOOD, Kamau. The Language of Saxophones. San Francisco: City Lights Books. 2005.
Small 4to. Dark navy and light blue wrappers with white and orange lettering; cover designed by Yolanda Montijo with a black and white photograph taken by Max Swartz on front wrapper; pp. [8], 128, [2]; vague toning on the top head spine; otherwise near fine.
First edition.
Kamau Daáood is a formidble figure in the spoken word world and a well known pioneer of the movement. These poems reverberate with the melodies of jazz, one of the major influences on his body of work. "Kamau Daáood's poems are psalms… His language… raging against injustice and racism, yet held in tender balance", writes Chris Abani.
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