19 necromancers from now.
Contributors: Reed, Ishmael, 1938- comp.
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors.; African Americans -- Literary collections.; American literature -- 20th century.
Genres: Literary collections.
Notes: "An anthology of original American writing for the 1970's."
Table of contents: title: "Black mass" from the novel The life and loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, by C. Brown.; title: Chapter 16 from the novel Groove, bang, and jive around, by S. Cannon.; title: "Goong hai fot choy" from the novel A Chinese lady dies, by F. Chin.; title: An excerpt from the novel Rhythm section/Part one, by V. H. Cruz.; title: "Part one of a two-part prologue" from the novel We can't breathe, by R. Fair.; title: "Sly and the Family Stone," Black music criticism, by D. Henderson.; title: Excerpt from the novel Scarecrow people, by C. Hernton.; title: "Answers in progress" from Tales, by L. Jones.; title: "Jest, like Sam" from the novel Dunfords travels everywheres, by W. M. Kelley.; title: Chapter X from an untitled novel, by P. Lofty.; title: "We is grunts" and "Gypsy" from the novel All-night visitors, by C. Major.; title: Legacy, a play, by C. Patterson.; title: The finger meal, a play, by R. J. Pringle.; title: Hoom, a short story, by N. H. Pritchard.; title: Excerpt from the novel Tales of poor Ulysses, by L. Raphael.; title: Cab Calloway stands in for the moon, from the novel Mumbo jumbo, by I. Reed.; title: Part I, sections 5 and 6, from the novel The man who cried I am, by J. A. Williams.; title: Chapters 4 and 5 from the novel The wig, by C. Wright.; title: Excerpts from the novel Snakes, by A. Young.