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Books and Publications by Al Young:

DANCING
(poems)
Corinth Books, New York, 1969


SNAKES
(novel)
Holt Rinehart Winston, New York, 1970
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1971
Dell Laurel Edition, New York, 1972
Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, 1980


THE SONG TURNING BACK INTO ITSELF
(poems)
Holt Rinehart Winston, New York, 1971


WHO IS ANGELINA?
(novel)
Holt Rinehart Winston, New York, 1976
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1978
University of California Paperback, Berkeley & London, 1996


CHI È ANGELINA?
(Italian translation by Luciano Federighi),
Jacabook, Milano, 1983


GEOGRAPHY OF THE NEAR PAST
(poems)
Holt Rinehart Winston, New York, 1976

SITTING PRETTY
(novel)
Holt Rinehart Winston, New York, 1976
New American Library, New York, 1977
Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, 1986

 

PARLA SITTING PRETTY
(Italian translation by Luciano Federighi)
Jacabook, Milano, 1986

ASK ME NOW
(novel)
McGraw Hill, New York, 1980
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1980


BODIES & SOUL
(musical memoirs)
Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, 1981


THE BLUES DON'T CHANGE
New and Selected Poems
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1982


KINDS OF BLUE
(musical memoirs)
Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, 1984


THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE
(musical memoirs)
Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, 1987


SEDUCTION BY LIGHT
(novel)
Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, New York, 1988
Mandarin Paperback edition, London, 1989

 


MINGUS MINGUS: Two Memoirs
(with Janet Coleman)
Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, 1989
Limelight Editions, New York, 1991

"Janet's Links"

 


HEAVEN
Collected Poems 1956-1990
Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, 1992

 


STRAIGHT NO CHASER
(poetry chapbook)
Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley 1994

 

 

DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE
(musical memoirs)
The Ecco Press; Hopewell, New Jersey, 1995


CONJUGAL VISITS
(poetry chapbook)
Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, 1996

 


THE SOUND OF DREAMS REMEMBERED:
Poems 1990-2000

Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, 2001

 

 

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Co - Edited by Al Young:


YARDBIRD LIVES!
(with Ishmael Reed)
Grove Press, New York, 1972


CALAFÍA
The California Poetry

(with Ishmael Reed, Bob Callahan, Shawn Wong, et al)
Y'Bird Books, Berkeley, 1979

THE LITERATURE OF CALIFORNIA
Volumes 1 and 2
(with Jack Hicks, James D. Houston, and Maxine Hong Kingston)
University of California Press, 2000, and 2002)

 

 

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Edited by Al Young:


AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
A Brief Introduction and Anthology

The Harper Collins Literary Mosaic Series
HarperCollins College Publishers, New York, 1996

 

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Screenplays and Scripts:


NIGGER
(feature-length motion picture based on Dick Gregory's autobiography)-for producer Joseph Strick's Laser Films, Inc., New York, 1972


SPARKLE
(dramatic treatment)-for the Robert Stigwood Organisation, New York and London, 1972


A PIECE OF THE ACTION
(participating writer for a feature-length film that starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier)-for Verdon Productions, Hollywood, 1976

SITTING PRETTY
(unfilmed feature-length motion picture based on the novel by Al Young) -- for First Artists Productions Ltd, Burbank, 1977


BUSTIN' LOOSE
(participating writer for feature-length film that starred Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson) ¾ for Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1979


PERSONAL PROBLEMS
(co-writer with Ishmael Reed of this 2-hour pilot for TV soap opera that starred Verta Mae Grosvernor and Walter Cotton)-for Robert Polidor Productions, New York, 1982

THE STARS AND THEIR COURSES
(co-writer with William Rose of this award-winning 45-minute dramatic film); for William Rose Productions -- Palo Alto, California 1983

COLOR
A Sampling of African American Writers
(Writer and narrator of this 60-minute video)-for the San Francisco State Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives,1993

 

 

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