James Baldwin s writing about music illuminates the significance of racial slavery for American music. Black American music can help America to move forward.
The great American journalist and jazz enthusiast Stanley Crouch died in September 2020, yet his death was not given the proper recognition. COVID restrictions were still preventing a lot of mass gatherings, and the news was preoccupied with an election and other things. The recently released volume Victory is Assured: Uncollected Writings of Stanley Crouch will hopefully do something to help correct that.
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This season’s essays take a turn toward joy, laughter, and survival. In addition to collections from notable names, be on the lookout for a feminist biography of the Wife of Bath from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales .