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As an undergraduate student of Afro-American literature at Brooklyn College and a graduate student of Afro-American studies at Yale, Naylor has analyzed the works of her male and female antecedents in a manner that was impossible before the late seventies. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
From his controversial coverage of Vietnam, which incurred the wrath of President Johnson but won him a Pulitzer Prize, to his unforgettable and daring on-the-ground reporting of the Gulf War during one of the greatest airborne assaults in history, Peter Arnett has established himself as the leading voice of American war reportage. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
Here are some of the very best short stories written for children over the last 250 years. Compiled by the well-known children’s writer and Carnegie Medalist, Jan Mark, this is the first anthology to trace how children’s short stories evolved, ranging from the publication of Sarah Fielding’s “The Governess” in 1749, to Nadia Wheatley’s “Convict Box” in 1992. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
Duke Ellington is universally recognized as one of the towering figures of 20th-century music, both a brilliant composer and one of the preeminent musicians in jazz history. Their writings span Ellington’s entire career, from the days when Duke Ellington’s Washingtonians appeared at New York’s Club Kentucky (”Probably the ‘hottest’ band this side of the equator”), to the Duke’s glorious reign at the Cotton Club, to his later years as global ambassador of American music. Tucker provides a number of pieces on Ellington’s compositions, including an entire chapter devoted to critical response to Ellington’s Black, Brown and Beige, and there are also many moving pieces on Ellington the man, such as Ralph Ellison’s tribute to Ellington on his 70th birthday, and Stanley Dance’s funeral address. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
