First published in 1979 and back in print for the first time in a revised edition, Holy Smoke follows a woman travelling through real and imagined landscapes in search of her daughter. Howe uses that search to explore the paranoia and turbulence of American politics as felt by one mind. The book blends prose, poetry, images, found material and journal writing, and it still feels startlingly current: a hybrid work made long before hybrid became fashionable. This edition is illustrated by Colleen McCallion. It is an overlooked gem from one of America’s great experimental writers.