Albert Murray and the aesthetic imagination of a nation / edited by Barbara A. Baker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Barbara A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murray, Albert.

African American authors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1版.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection consists of essays written by prominent African American literature, jazz, and Albert Murray scholars, reminiscences from Murray protégés and associates, and interviews with Murray himself. It illustrates Murray's place as a central figure in African American arts and letters and as an American cultural pioneer. Born in Nokomis, Alabama, and raised in Mobile, Albert Murray graduated from Tuskegee University, where he later taught, but he has long resided in New York City. He is the author of many critically acclaimed novels, m

Contents:

In response to being awarded a citation for distinguished literary achievement by an Alabamian (2003) / Albert Murray

King of cats (1996) / Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Trading twelves: the omni-American literary identity of Albert Murray and Ralph Ellison / John F. Callahan

Cosmos Murray and the aesthetic imagination of a nation / Barbara A. Baker

Albert Murray and visual art / Paul Devlin

Murray and Mann: variations on a theme / Lauren Walsh

Dewey's pragmatism extended: education and aesthetic practice in Train whistle guitar / Roberta S. Maguire

Albert Murray and Tuskegee Institute: art as the measure of place / Caroline Gebhard

A conversation with Albert Murray (1996) / Don Noble

Albert Murray's house of blues (1997) / Roy Hoffman

An interview with Michele Murray / Lauren Walsh and Paul Devlin

Conjugations and reiterations: an interview with Albert Murray (2003) / Barbara A. Baker

Murray's mulatto America / Maurice Pogue

Chinaberry tree, Chinaberry tree / Bert Hitchcock

Scooter comes home / Jay Lamar

Wynton Marsalis on Albert Murray (2001) / Roberta S. Maguire

Albert Murray's Du Bois Medal Citation (2007) / Henry Louis Gates jr

At the bar and on the avenue with my pal Al Murray / Sidney Offit

My beginnings with Albert / Louis A. "Mike" Rabb

The white man between Albert Murray and Stanley Crouch / Sanford Pinsker

On Michael James and Albert Murray / Paul Devlin

Michael James on Albert Murray ; Greg Thomas and "the professor" / Greg Thomas

Life and literature lessons learned / Gail Buckley

A giant in heart and mind Elizabeth / Mayer Fiedorek

My travels through cosmos Murray / Eugene Holley jr

Afternoons with Murray: heart and soul in the key of swing / Carol Friedman.

Notes:

"A Pebble Hill book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8488-X

OCLC:

670411956