TY - BOOK AU - Murray,Albert AU - Gates,Henry Louis AU - Devlin,Paul TI - Collected essays & memoirs T2 - The library of America SN - 159853503X PY - 2016///] CY - New York, N.Y. PB - The Library of America KW - Murray, Albert. KW - African American authors KW - Biography KW - American essays KW - 20th century KW - Literature KW - History and criticism KW - Music KW - United States KW - Race relations KW - Essays KW - lcgft KW - Autobiographies KW - Lectures N1 - 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 --; Other writings; "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 --; Chronology ER -