Canons

1969 · rif. 626507 — New York: The Olympia Press 1969. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback original. Creases and rubbing on covers tiny tear at the foot of the spine very good. Inscribed by the author on the title page to Graham Hodges the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects particularly the African-American experience. Cannon's first and only novel a filthy coming-of-age story set in New Orleans and one that Ishmael Reed called the precursor to rap. Cannon was a member of the Society of Umbra a collective of Black writers and later founded the art organization A Gathering of Tribes that published literary magazines and provided a performance space at his townhouse in the East Village of Manhattan for many artists such as Sun Ra Billy Bang Ishmael Reed and more. First editions of this novel are very uncommon as are any signed copies. The Olympia Press unknown