Hawkins, Yvettte
Three Poems: Kitty; Don't Ask Me to Love You; Fuck It!
[NY]: [Yvette Hawkins], [ca. 1970]. Three 11 by 8.5 inch mimeograph sheets, each signed at the bottom in blue ink by Hawkins. Don't Ask me To Love you has some pencil and ink corrections. Some toning to paper, else very good examples. Yvette Hawkins was an actress who before her roles in films such as Mighty Aphrodite, Lean on Me, and Mississippi Masale was involved with the New Lafayette Theater in Harlem. The theater's objective was to produce theater by black people for black people to reflect the contemporary black experience. She went on to became a major part of the Black Arts Movement with Ed Bullins as its playwright in residence. Item #30615
Price: $350.00
