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Name: Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems
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Author: James Baldwin

📘 Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems by James Baldwin

The collection showcases James Baldwin’s overlooked poetic voice, compiling every poem from his sole published volume, *Jimmy’s Blues*, and the poems that appeared in the 325‑copy limited‑edition *Gypsy*. Baldwin’s verses probe race, gender, class, and poverty with the same forthrightness that defined his fiction and essays. The anthology includes an introductory essay by Nikky Finney that contextualizes these works and highlights their enduring relevance.

First publish date: January 1986

Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry

Authors: James Baldwin

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