CONTENTSPREFACEby Ishmael ReedINTRODUCTIONby Maxwell GeismarON BECOMINGSOUL ON ICEFOUR VIGNETTESOn WattsEyesSoul FoodA Religious Conversion, More or LessA DAY IN FOLSOM PRISONINITIAL REACTIONS ON THE ASSASSINATION OF MALCOLM XTHE WHITE RACE AND ITS HORSESLAZARUS COME FORTHNOTES ON A NATIVE SONRALLYING ROUND THE FLAGTHE BLACKMAN'S STAKE IN VIETNAMDOMESTIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL ORDERTHE ALLEGORY OF BLACK EUNUCHSTHE PRIMAL MITOSISCONVALESCENCETO ALL BLACK WOMEN, FROM ALL BLACK MENENDNOTES