Harlem blues

"In the tradition of Langston Hughes' Simple Speaks His Mind Harlem Blues continues to glance at the myriad of everyday Black voices that make up America's Black Mecca. Recounted from the mouth of William Wadsworth Longfellow better know as Willie the Wino we are introduced to and come to know a myriad of personalities from the preacher and the prostitute to Saul the little Jewish butcher and Monica his African queen."--Page 4 of cover.