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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