Harlem Blues, Lust in a Bus Depot & The Bachelorette Party Summary

In "Harlem Blues", singing the blues classics comes easy to the narrator since she caught Kendall, her live-in boyfriend, cheating on her, but things change as she watches the piano player playing the piano and imagines them making love. She dreams about him that night, which seems crazy since they have been friends for so long. The next afternoon, the narrator is nervous because they are alone at rehearsal, and she tells him about Kendall when he asks what is wrong. After a great rehearsal, he places her on the piano and makes love to her. They are hooked—they have been married for five years, and they named their daughter Harlem.

In "Lust in a Bus Depot", Simone encounters Wendell, a guy she...