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Murray, Albert,

Collected essays & memoirs / Albert Murray, collected essays & memoirs Collected essays and memoirs Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors. - xi, 1049 pages ; 21 cm. - The library of America ; 284 . - Library of America ; 284. .

Selected nonfiction writings originally published 1964-2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 956-1020) and index.

The omni-Americans -- South to a very old place -- The hero and the blues -- Stomping the blues -- The blue devils of Nada -- From the briarpatch file -- "The problem" is not just black and white ; U.S. Negroes and U.S. Jews : no cause for alarm ; "Soul" : thirty-two meanings not in your dictionary ; "Stone" : definition and usage ; Two nations? Only two? ; Bearden in theory and ritual ; Three omni-American artists ; Jazz : notes toward a definition -- Other writings. Chronology.

ISBN: 159853503X 9781598535037

Subjects--Personal Names:
Murray, Albert.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American authors--Biography.
American essays--20th century.
Literature--History and criticism.
Music--History and criticism.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Race relations.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Essays.
Autobiographies.
Lectures.