New York: Viking, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An uncommon and unpredictable anthology bringing together writers of all colors and ethnic backgrounds who discuss just what American culture is today, what it can be, and the problems in our understanding of what it means to be an American. This includes essays by Miguel Algarin, Frank Chin, Robert Eliot Fox, Juan Felipe Herrera, Maulena Karenga, Barbara Smith, William Wong, Gerald Horne, John A Williams, Ana Castillo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Amiri Baraka, Gerald Vizenor, Bharati Mukherjee, and many others. SIGNED by THREE authors: by Reed on the title page and by Frank Chin at his contribution "Rashomon Road" and Juan Felipe Herrera at "The Colored Trickster and the Frida Painter." Brief biographical notes. xxvii, 467 pp. ISBN: 0-670-867535.