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| When I look at this grouping, I think of the places where the books and
articles were written: the Upper West Side in an SRO hotel, the
East Side in three small rooms at the rear of a store that had closed,
and in the Village, in the Colonnades on Lafayette Street, all in
New York City. |
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NIGHT SONG (1961)
It was not until long after this novel was published that I discovered
it was really a tribute to all those journeymen jazz musicians
who played around in the clubs in Syracuse. Of course, it was
also a tribute to Charlie Parker and his existence as a black
artist in the U.S. It was fun writing this. The novel won a "major"
award, which was quickly and without explanation withdrawn. Night
Song has been published in several American editions and
in German and Nederlans.
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NIGHT SONG. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (1961). First edition. |
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NIGHT SONG. New York: Dell (1963). First paperback printing. |
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| In 1966 a film called Sweet Love, Bitter, based on the novel,
was released. It starred Dick Gregory in the only film he ever made,
Don Murray, Diana Varsi, and Robert Hooks in his first film. Some
of it was good, most of it was not. |
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SWEET LOVE, BITTER. New York: Dell (1966). |
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NIGHT SONG. London: Collins (1962). First British edition. |
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NIGHT SONG. London: Collins/Fontana Books (1965). First British
paperback edition.
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NIGHT SONG. London: the Jazz Book Club by arrangement with Collins
(1964). |
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"SUBJECT:
CHARLES PARKER," in Swank. Vol. 8, No. 3 (July
1961). Also appears in Flashbacks (1973).
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"DICK
GREGORY: DESEGREGATED COMIC," in Swank. Vol.
8, No. 4 (September 1961). Also
appears in Flashbacks (1973).
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Headnote
on Dick Gregory. |
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THE ANGRY BLACK (1962)
Irwin Stein and Bernard Farber of Lancer Books
asked me to put together this quickie anthology under this title,
which had been cast in reinforced cement. This is not a memorable
collection of writing, but it did keep me in food and rent for
two or three months. |
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THE
ANGRY BLACK. New York: Lancer Books (1962). First edition, edited
by Williams. Stories and articles by prominent writers. |
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DE
ZWARTE WOEDE. Amsterdam: ABC-Boeken (1967). Dutch paperback edition
of The Angry Black.
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