Columbia University Press wishes to express its appreciation for a donation toward the cost of publishing this book, given to Hampton University in memory of Frank Carmines.
Grateful acknowledgment is given to Steve A. Prince for use of the following:
“When I Think of Home” (linoleum print, 9” x 12”, 1998) from the Home Series [frontispiece]
“Urban Dirge” (linoleum print, 9.5” x 14”, 2003) from the Home Series
“Ghetto Squares” (linoleum print, 8” x 15”, 2003) from the Home Series
“Migratory Tracks” (linoleum print, 8” x 10”, 2003) from the Home Series
“Pot to Piss In” (linoleum print, 5.5” x 10”, 2003) from the Home Series
“I’ll Lay My Head on Some Lonesome Track” (linoleum print, 7.5” x 14”, 2003) from the Home Series
“Sugarman Blues” (linoleum print, 7” x 10” 2003) from the Home Series
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E-ISBN 978-0-231-50879-7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Prince, Valerie Sweeney.
Burnin’ down the house: home in African American literature / Valerie Sweeney Prince.
p. cm.
ISBN 0–231–13440–1 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0–31–13441–1–X (pbk. : alk. paper)
PS374.N4P75 2004
813.009’3552—dc22 2004049444
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