New York: Scribner's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this African American poet - about "love, art, jealousy, and friendship in a funky, glizty New York demimonde." Cover praise from Randall Kenan (who called it 'a mystery and a revelation...one of the best books to come down the pike in many a year') and Ishmael Reed. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-684-812258.