found: His I am the darker brother, 1968.
found: Slow dance heartbreak blues, 1995: t.p. (Arnold Adoff) last page (b. July 16, 1935 in New York City)
found: arnoldadoff.com, Sep. 1, 2011 (poet and anthologist; grew up in the South Bronx, of Russian Jewish parentage; B.A., City College of New York; taught Social Studies for 12 years; lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio; married to Virginia Hamilton)
found: Wikipedia, WWW, Sep. 1, 2011 (b. in Bronx, New York; an American children's writer; B.A., History and Literature, City College of New York)