Do You See My Love for You Growing?

Despite a title that has landed this 1972 Orde Coombs essay collection in some children's library catalogs, it is an adult literary work — vigorous cultural criticism and poetic prose exploring the Black American experience, arguing that solutions to the challenges facing Black people must come from within Black communities. Coombs was a significant voice in Black literary journalism and the Black Arts era, and this book is a genuine document of that intellectual moment. It is now primarily available through rare-book sellers and the Internet Archive, making it a research find rather than a general recommendation. The honest caveats are significant: availability is very limited, reception data is sparse, and the catalog miscategorization as a children's title can create real confusion. For literary scholars of 1970s African-American criticism, genuinely valuable.