Gorgeous poetry and prose, rooted deep in African American history. Myths of runaway slaves, love poetry, crickets and grasshoppers, floods; a strange compelling retelling of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin."
Mostly serious, sometimes horrific; quite an interesting assortment. I really loved Gerard Houarner's story "She'd Make a Dead Man Crawl", and I wonder why I've not seen much mention of it from other people.