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Black Best—Selling Books and Bibliographical Concerns: The Essence Book Project.

On October 27, 2021, the Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) sponsored the first in a series of virtual interviews about the Essence Book Project. Founded by Jacinta R. Saffold, the BSA's inaugural Dorothy Porter Wesley Fellow, the Essence Book Project is a database of the books that appeared o...

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Published in:Criticism Vol. 64; no. 3/4; pp. 433 - 453
Main Authors: Saffold, Jacinta R., Nishikawa, Kinohi
Format: Article
Published: Wayne State University Press Summer/Fall2022
Subjects:
Booksellers & bookselling
Bibliographical Society of America
Wesley, Dorothy Porter, 1905-1995
Nishikawa, Kinohi
Print culture
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