| Acknowledgments | vii | ||
| Wind in a Box | 1 | (2) | |
| Woofer (When I Consider the African-American) | 3 | (2) | |
| Talk | 5 | (2) | |
| Black History | 7 | (2) | |
| Root | 9 | (3) | |
| I. MJ Fan Letter | 12 | (2) | |
| II. A Few Rumors Concerning Mr. Potato Head | 14 | (1) | |
| III. Omnipop, 1982 | 15 | (1) | |
| IV. RSVP | 16 | (3) | |
| The Blue Baraka | 19 | (2) | |
| The Blue Borges | 21 | (2) | |
| The Blue Bowie | 23 | (2) | |
| The Blue Etheridge | 25 | (2) | |
| Harryette Mullen Lecture on the American Dream | 27 | (1) | |
| Oracle | 28 | (1) | |
| Mausoleum | 29 | (1) | |
| It's a Small World | 30 | (2) | |
| Upright Bluest | 32 | (1) | |
| I. New Orleans Piano Genius | 32 | (1) | |
| II. Gonzo's Blue Dream | 33 | (1) | |
| III. Papa Was a Rascal | 34 | (2) | |
| IV. Booker's Tomb | 36 | (3) | |
| The Blue Kool | 39 | (2) | |
| The Blue Melvin | 41 | (2) | |
| The Blue Seuss | 43 | (2) | |
| The Blue Strom | 45 | (3) | |
| Pine | 48 | (2) | |
| A Girl in the Woods | 50 | (2) | |
| Threshold | 52 | (2) | |
| The Whale | 54 | (3) | |
| Variation on a Black Cinema Treasure: Broken Earth | 57 | (1) | |
| Variation on a Black Cinema Treasure: Boogie Woogie Blues | 58 | (1) | |
| Tour Daufuskie | 59 | (2) | |
| A Postcard from Okemah | 61 | (4) | |
| The Blue Terrance | 65 | (2) | |
| The Blue Terrance | 67 | (2) | |
| The Blue Terrance | 69 | (2) | |
| A Small Novel | 71 | (3) | |
| Wind in a Box | 74 | (2) | |
| Wind in a Box | 76 | (2) | |
| Wind in a Box | 78 | (2) | |
| Wind in a Box | 80 | (3) | |
| Imaginary Poems for the Oldfashioned Future | 83 | (2) | |
| Everybody Goes to Heaven | 85 | (1) | |
| It Can't Be Good Sitting Around Imagining Your Death | 86 | (2) | |
| The Heritage Channels | 88 | (5) | |
| Wind in a Box | 93 | (2) | |
| Notes | 95 |
