{"title":"Everett Hoagland Working Library","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfrican American Literature • Black Arts Movement • Poetry • History • Music • Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a collection of books from the personal library of award-winning poet, educator, activist, and New Bedford's first Poet Laureate (1994–1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" aria-level=\"3\" role=\"heading\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 24px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Everett Hoagland Estate Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIBRAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eWelcome to the personal working library of Everett Hoagland (1942–2025), the award-winning American Book Award recipient, legendary Black Arts Movement poet, and inaugural Poet Laureate of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This exclusive collection offers an extraordinary glimpse into the intellectual life of a towering figure in African American literature and academic stewardship.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIBhAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eMentored early in his career by Langston Hughes at Lincoln University, Hoagland spent over five decades crafting a legacy that beautifully fused the rhythmic depths of jazz and blues with the urgent fire of the civil rights movement. As a professor of English and African American Studies at UMass Dartmouth for three decades, his personal library served as the foundation for his curriculum, his activism, and his celebrated poetry collections like \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eBlack Velvet\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eScrimshaw\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIBxAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eEvery volume in this collection carries a unique physical connection to Hoagland’s creative process. For institutional archives, rare book dealers, and private collectors of the African American diaspora, these books represent a rare opportunity to own a piece of literary history. Explore the titles that shaped the mind, poetry, and enduring legacy of one of Black literature's most vital voices.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"j3tEEe\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-pl=\"||[]\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 32px 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(128, 128, 128);'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEICRAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIChAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjr64Gei7-VAxXJD1kFHf4_AAgQ0fERegYIAQgIEAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"postmodern-american-poetry-a-norton-anthology","title":"Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"707\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"406\"\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paul Hoover\u003cbr data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"421\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"435\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e W. 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Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"461\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"486\"\u003ePlace of Publication:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York · London\u003cbr data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"507\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"516\"\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1994\u003cbr data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"524\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"535\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover (trade paperback)\u003cbr data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"566\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"580\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Near Fine (book); associated original course materials laid in\u003cbr data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"646\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"661\"\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Association copy — Professor Everett Hoagland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"712\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"729\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"1097\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"779\"\u003ePostmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e is a landmark collection that helped define postmodern poetry within the American literary canon. 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They are preserved as laid-in items and have not been affixed to or altered the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1875\" data-end=\"2301\"\u003eThe book itself is in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1897\" data-end=\"1920\"\u003eNear Fine condition\u003c\/strong\u003e, with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"1979\"\u003eno highlighting, marginalia, or student markings\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1985\" data-end=\"2013\"\u003eno creasing to the spine\u003c\/strong\u003e. The binding is tight, the pages are clean, and the volume presents as a carefully kept professional teaching copy. The only marking present is Hoagland’s name written on the page edge, a normal practice for professors identifying course texts and a key element of the book’s provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2303\" data-end=\"2511\"\u003eThis is not simply a used textbook, but a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2345\" data-end=\"2381\"\u003ewell-preserved academic artifact\u003c\/strong\u003e that directly connects a foundational literary anthology to the lived practice of poetry instruction by a working poet-professor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2513\" data-end=\"2516\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2518\" data-end=\"2559\"\u003eScholarly and Collecting Significance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"2925\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"2624\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2563\" data-end=\"2624\"\u003eFoundational Norton anthology of postmodern American poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2625\" data-end=\"2706\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2627\" data-end=\"2706\"\u003eDocuments experimental, multicultural, and late-20th-century poetic movements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2707\" data-end=\"2782\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2709\" data-end=\"2782\"\u003eNear Fine association copy owned and used by Professor Everett Hoagland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2783\" data-end=\"2836\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2785\" data-end=\"2836\"\u003eIncludes original syllabus and teaching materials\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2837\" data-end=\"2925\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2839\" data-end=\"2925\"\u003eStrong appeal for scholars, educators, archives, and collectors of literary ephemera\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Debs Book Paradise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44121269567668,"sku":"197-11","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/9279\/1220\/files\/poetfrontcover.jpg?v=1768348625"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/9279\/1220\/collections\/hoagland_555dab1c-87e6-46d0-8d48-96a526126d46.jpg?v=1783377550","url":"https:\/\/debsbookparadise.com\/collections\/everett-hoagland-working-library.oembed","provider":"Debs Book Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}