Ishmael Reed Quote

The universe is a spiraling Big Band in a polka-dotted speakeasy, effusively generating new light every one-night stand.

Sometimes misquoted as effectively instead of effusively

Poetry Makes Rhythm in Philosophy (1976)
As quoted in: The Cotton Club (1977) by Jim (James A.) Haskins


The universe is a spiraling Big Band in a polka-dotted speakeasy, effusively generating new light every one-night stand.

The universe is a spiraling Big Band in a polka-dotted speakeasy, effusively generating new light every one-night stand.

The universe is a spiraling Big Band in a polka-dotted speakeasy, effusively generating new light every one-night stand.

The universe is a spiraling Big Band in a polka-dotted speakeasy, effusively generating new light every one-night stand.