The Wanda Coleman Songbook EP

52 Walker presents THE WANDA COLEMAN SONGBOOK EP, produced by Cauleen Smith on the occasion of her exhibition at 52 Walker, New York, on view from January 19–March 16, 2024.

At the heart of The Wanda Coleman Songbook listening room at 52 Walker, visitors are invited to drop a needle on the eponymously titled, limited-edition two-color vinyl 12-inch EP with commissioned contributions by Kelsey Lu, Shala Miller, moor mother and Aquiles Navarro, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jeff Parker and Ruby Parker, Alice Smith, and Jamila Woods and Standing on the Corner.

Two-color vinyl 12-inch EP
32:17 minutes
Limited-edition pressing of 500

Side A - MILES IN THE NIGHT
“ALICE SMITH REBELS” by Alice Smith
“WANDA IN WORRYLAND” by Jamila Woods & Standing on the Corner
“AMERICAN SONNET 61” by moor mother & Aquiles Navarro
“IN THAT OTHER FANTASY WHERE WE LIVE FOREVER” by Jeff Parker & Ruby Parker

Side B - THE WEATHER
“SATURDAY AFTERNOON BLUES” by Meshell Ndegeocello
“BLACK HANDED CURSE” by Shala Miller
“AMERICAN SONNET 18 - AFTER JUNE JORDAN” by Kelsey Lu

Producer: Cauleen Smith
Executive Producer: Ebony L. Haynes
Production Supervisor: Karryl Eugene
Graphic Design: Sebastian Pierre
Mixed and Mastered by: Chris Connors at Concrete Sound, Brooklyn, NY
Distributed by: 52 Walker

Poem credit: Wanda Coleman, “American Sonnet 61,”“Wanda in Worryland,”“Black-Handed Curse,” “The Saturday Afternoon Blues,” and “American Sonnet 18” from Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems. Copyright © 2020 by The Estate of Wanda Coleman. “In That Other Fantasy Where We Live Forever” from Mercurochrome: New Poems. Copyright © 2001 by Wanda Coleman. All used with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Black Sparrow / David R Godine, Publisher, Inc., www.godine.com.