附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1-Journey Toward Black Art: Jean Toomer's Cane -- Chapter 2-A Many-Colored Coast of Dreams: the Poetry of Countee Cullen -- Chapter 3-Lowground and Inaudible Valleys: Reflections on Afro-American Spirit Work -- Chapter 4-"These Are Songs if You Have the /Music": An Essay on Imamu Baraka -- Chapter 5-Critical Change and Blues Continuity: An Essay on the Criticism of Larry Neal -- Chapter 6-An Editor from Chicago: Reflections on the Work of Hoyt Fuller -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.