The original edition of the Beauford Delaney "bible" - Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney - has been out of print for some time.
Published by Oxford University Press in 1998, it is the sole comprehensive exploration of Beauford's life in book form.
Author David A. Leeming spoke about Beauford and James Baldwin at the Stonington Free Library in Stonington, CT in May 2024 as a prelude to the release of a new, second edition of the book.
Finally, the release date has been announced.
Karma Books of NYC will make the second edition of Amazing Grace available on December 17, 2024!
2024 book cover
A major addition to this new edition is an introduction by curator, writer, theater critic, and Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als. Als has referenced Beauford's relationship with James Baldwin in numerous writings about Baldwin, so it will be interesting to see what he has penned for the biography.
The cover for the Karma Publishing edition uses a black background and the same self-portrait of Beauford as did the Oxford University Press edition.
Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney
1998 book cover
It is 292 pages long, compared to 221 pages for the Oxford University Press edition.
This is due, at least in part, to the increased emphasis that photographs and images of Beauford's work are given in the book. Several images are now displayed solo on individual numbered pages instead of in a color plate insert bound into the center of the book.
To pre-order the new edition of Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney from Amazon.com, click HERE.
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