Chapter Sixteen, Suleimān’s Psalm, “’Cause I’m the Witness,” is Ammeah’s response to Miss Jessie when she asks, “Why are you doing this?”
Suleimān’s lullaby to his baby brother, Marcus Jerome.
Chapter Eleven: Rāshid took a deep breath and recalled how Diahanna first caught Suleimān’s attention—when she smiled and said, “You play music beautifully.” That brief admiration blinded him to how Diahanna sweated over Dwayne, Keisha’s brother. By the time he heard Suleimān’s neighborhood serenade, Rāshid realized Suleimān had been hopelessly blind. As the Swan Song pierced Rāshid’s chest, the depths of his and Suleimān’s desperate desires grew even more haunting with Scriabin’s Romance for Voice and Piano, as Suleimān latched “pleading” onto Christoph’s bow. Rāshid heard these words:
Rāshid is infatuated with Suleimān and longs for connection; he was familiar with Suleimān’s melancholy.
Chapter Ten, Suleimān’s Psalm, “Never Forgot Yo’ Name,” is part of Howard Preston’s Blues over losing Clara
Chapter Ten, Suleimān’s Psalm, “Baby, I Was Wrong,” is part of Miss Clara’s Blues. Miss Clara’s lament over losing her child.
Chapter Five, Suleimān’s Psalm, “My Heart Has Bloomed” is a poem, written by Clara when she was in love with the father of her first child, and has been set to music.
Chapter Five presents Suleimān’s lament.
Chapter Four, Suleimān’s Psalm, “Middle Passage” is a rap sung by one of the kids who lives on Greene Street.
The sonata had no words, yet tonight’s performance felt poignant, almost confessional as Suleimān ponders over the impact his father has on his life and his music.
In Chapter One, Suleimān’s Psalm, Oshúka Favored This Fifth,” Ammeah explains that Suleimān’s cello is enchanted.
Chapter One, Suleimān’s Psalm, Ammeah’s Riddle, is where Ammeah provides a riddle. The key to unlocking the riddle lies in the novel.
Chapter One, Suleimān’s Psalm, I Hold Aruseré, is Ammeah’s response to Street, telling Street who she is and what she professes.
Suleimān’s Psalm, Chapter One, “Are You Willing to Reveal,” is Ammeah’s encounter with Street. Everything flows into Street, and Ammeah, the novel’s mystical character, asks Street whether he would reveal the lives of the folks who live along this stretch of Greene Street.
