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On Ralph Ellison, Constance Rourke, and the contradictions of American identity and culture
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On Ralph Ellison, Constance Rourke, and the contradictions of American identity and culture
A historical tension lies at the center of the American nation. On the one hand, the nation’s founding documents express the universalist humanist principles of liberty and equality. On the other, those documents govern a country settled by a specific ethnic group, with a specific history and culture—English Protestants, with British traditions of law and […]
From its beginnings in blues and ragtime, American popular music has blended influences and genres. Four recent books explore its enduring appeal.
On Monday, November 28 in the middle of the Trump/Kanye/Fuentes storm, what felt like the beginning of a revolution took place.
When the modern world was born, Jerry Lee Lewis was there. During that heady spurt of mid-1950s generational rebellion, Lewis and his pompadoured peers invented rock ‘n’ roll and became