Airs and Tributes (1989, 1990) is a chapbook, produced in two limited edition print runs of 1,500 copies each, edited by academic and poet Gill Ott. The chapbook comprises 17 poems, six of which were previously published: “April, 1988: Lonely far-off klaxon”, “Sunlit Arms”, “In my kitchen”, “SCARAB”, and “MARCH 21, 1987” from the ‘Africa: Literature and Liberation’ special issue of the University of Texas’ Gar (April 1988); “For the Prisoners of South Africa” was first published as a limited edition (100 copies) broadsheet by Slash and Burn Press in 1986. It is Brutus’ eleventh ‘book’ of poetry. The volume begins with a brief Publisher’s statement by Lamont B. Steptoe, followed by an epigraph from Marcus Garvey’s Philosophy and Opinions (1923) and an introduction by poet Sameul Allen.
Steptoe remarks that this chapbook is...
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Citation: McLuckie, Craig. "Airs and Tributes". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 March 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=12237, accessed 05 December 2025.]
