Contents

How to Make Love with the Reader. . . Slyly

The Nigger Narcissus

The Great Mandala of the Western World

Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies, Lives Upstairs

The Negro Is of the Vegetable Kingdom

Cannibalism with a Human Face

When the End of the World Comes, We Will Still Be Locked in a Metaphysical Discussion about the Origin of Desire

Must I Tell Her That a Slum Is Not a Salon?

And Now Miz Literature Is Giving Me Some Kind of Blow Job

Miz Afternoon on Her Radiant Bicycle

A Remington 22 That Belonged to Chester Himes

Cruising in Place

Miz Suicide on the Couch

A Bouquet of Lilacs Sparkling with Rain

Like a Flower Blossoming at the End of My Black Rod

Negroes at the Exile Cafe

A Young Black Montreal Writer Puts James Baldwin out to Pasture

Miz Clockwork Orange’s Electronic Rhythm Drowning out Black Congas

A Description of My Room at 3670 Rue St-Denis

Miz Snob Plays a Tune from India Song

Miz Mystic Flying back from Tibet

The Black Poet Dreams of Buggering an Old Stalinist on the Nevsky Prospect

The Black Penis and the Demoralization of the Western World

The Black Cat with Nine Tails

The West Has Stopped Caring about Sex, That’s Why It Tries to Debase It

The First Black Vegetarian

My Old Remington Kicks Up Its Heels While Whistling Oh Dem Watermelons

The Negroes Are Thirsty

You’re Not Born Black, You Get That Way