Broadside No. 60: Five Poems: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Small booklet titled Five Poems written by Alice Walker. The booklet is Broadside No. 60 of the broadside series published by Broadside Press. The booklet is printed in purple ink on white paper. The inside of the booklet contains three poems. The five poems included in the booklet are Revolutionary Petunias, J, My Good Friend (Another Foolish Innocent) and Lost My Voice? Of Course. / for Beanie*. The back cover contains two poems. These poems are He Said Come and The Girl Who Died #1. Also printed on the back is the copyright information and the publisher’s address. The poem was published by Broadside press as Broadside No. 60.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Written by: Alice Walker, American, born 1944
• Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965
• Type: poems
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
• Place printed: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Gender
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: LGBTQ
• Topic: Literature
• Topic: Resistance
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2013.124.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1972 by Alice Walker Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.