A secretary to the spirits / Ishmael Reed ; illustrated by Betye Saar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, Ishmael, 1938-

Contributor:

Ssar, Betye, illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages, 42 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : NOK Publishers, 1978.

Contents:

Pocadonia

Poem delivered before assembly of colored people held at Glide Memorial Church, Oct. 4, 1973 and called to protest recent events in the sovereign Republic of Chile

Secretary to the spirits

Sather tower mystery

Foology

Return of Julian the Apostate to Rome

Sputin - Sky diving

Soul proprietorship

Vamp

Sixth street corporate war

Poetry makes rhythm in philosophy

Untitled

The Reactionary Poet

Rough trade slumlord totem

Tea dancer turns thirty-nine

Memo to Stevie Wonder.

Notes:

Jacket illustration Betye Saar.

"'A Secretary to the Spirits' is a book of poetry and mixed media in which many multi-cultural elements, forms and techniques (mainly American, African and European) have been employed by both the author and illustrator."--Cover.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: Reed, Ishmael, 1938- Secretary to the spirits.

ISBN:

0883570572

9780883570579

0883570580

9780883570586

OCLC:

4300615