Quilt, Issue 4, 1984

Jason Weiss contributes an interview with Steve Lacy and Brion Gysin, “Interview with Brion Gysin and Steve Lacy,” on pages 168–173. This is the English translation of the interview first published in the French periodical Jazz, issue 300, September 1981.

Published in Berkeley, California, US by Quilt (Ishmael Reed and Al Young) in 1984.

This copy is signed by publisher Al Young and by contributors Frank Chin, Garrett Kaoru Hongo, Floyd Salas, and Julia Vinograd (twice). Acquired from Bookfever (Ione, California, US).

Contents:

• Anita Steckel: "Billie Holiday" (cover art)
• Ishmael Reed: "Over 250 Writers Later" (introduction)
• William Melvin Kelley: photographs
• Cecil Brown: "Letter to Ish" (letter)
• Stephanie Moore Brown: "To My Father, Remarried" (poetry)
• Frank Chin: "The Most Popular Book in China" (prose)
• Dulaney R. Clements: "The Playboy Chapter" (prose)
• Brenna Davenport:
• "After Four Years" (poetry)
• "Digging" (poetry)
• Bernard Finney: "A One-Winged Bird" (poetry)
• Calvin Hernton:
• "Oberlin Negroes" (poetry)
• "Oberlin Ohio" (poetry)
• "The Tap House, South Main Street, Oberlin Ohio" (poetry)
• "Oberlinian Quartet" (poetry)
• Evany Zirul: illustrations
• Garrett Kaoru Hongo: "Willingly to Camp; Mythologies of Relocation" (poetry)
• Andrew Hope:
• "Red Belly" (poetry)
• "45 Caliber Funky" (poetry)
• William Melvin Kelley: "Hoesick Blues" (prose)
• Bruce Lavine: "Write Soon" (prose)
• Morton Marcus: "Uncle F." (poetry)
• Richard Maxwell: "Elegy: Last Song for Art" (poetry)
• Yasmin Mogul: "Untitled" (prose)
• Sandell Hirsch Morse: "Picking Up Pieces" (prose)
• William Oandasan:
• "There Is a Season" (poetry)
• "The Song of Ancient Ways" (poetry)
• Anna Pool: "Damballah and Erzulie as Major Loa in Sula, Song of Solomon, and Salt Eaters, Continuity and Preservation" (essay)
• Marco A. Portales: "On The Education of Richard Rodriguez" (essay)
• Angelita D. Reyes: "The Qasaba of Amsterdam North" (prose)
• Floyd Salas:
• "Pussy Pussy Everywhere" (poetry)
• "Exhibit 'A', Censorship, Female Fascism and Pussy Pussy Everywhere" (essay)
• Eva M. Santelli: "Real Dreams" (prose)
• Eliot Schain: "Ah New Jersey" (poetry)
• William Schifrin: "Chano" (prose)
• Baraka Sele: "These Babies" (poetry)
• Robin Solit: "From an Untitled Novel" (prose)
• Elma Stuckey: "Universal" (poetry)
• Julia Vinograd:
• "Broadway and Columbus" (poetry)
• "Full Moon" (poetry)
• "Blues" (poetry)
• Jason Weiss: "Away" (poetry)
• Jason Weiss, Brion Gysin, and Steve Lacy: "Interview with Brion Gysin and Steve Lacy" (interview)
• Joyce M. Winters: "Ain't Fooling Nobody" (prose)
• Al Young:
• "A Poem for Willard Motley" (poetry)
• "from Seduction by Light" (prose)
• Notes on Contributors

Publishing Information:

• Publishers and Editors: Ishmael Reed, Al Young
• Book Design: Nancy Austin