PHAT MAMA: HER BLACK MIND VOL. 1, NO. 1

New York, NY: PM Inc, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Small Octavo, 64, [4] pages. In Good condition. Aged white covers with black lettering and designs. Covers have mild shelving wear, stains on the extremities, and mild age-toing throughout. Textblock is separated from the covers, small black dot stains on few pages, a blue pen mark on page 63, adhesive staining on the title page and rear end-page, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. ABS consignment. Shelved Room B. Scarce copy of "Phat Mama" magazine containing debut poetry by award winning playwright and novelist Ntozake Shange (then Paulette Williams). Shange is best known for penning the musical "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf", which won an Obie Award and for the novel "Sassafras, Cypress & Indigo" 1395325. Special Collections.