# The Beacon Best of 1999

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- Book: [The Beacon Best of 1999](https://www.bookquiver.com/ntozake-shange/the-beacon-best-of-1999) ([The Beacon Best of 1999.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ntozake-shange/the-beacon-best-of-1999.md))
- Authors: [Ntozake Shange](https://www.bookquiver.com/ntozake-shange)
- Publisher: Beacon Press
- ISBN: 978-08-0706-221-0
- Pages: 324
- Published: 1999-10-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Beacon Best of 1999 is what I would like to remember as the year 2000 approaches, sketches of what we hold sacred and keep for those to come. . . . These stories, poems, and essays pay homage to what's...