{"product_id":"albert-murray-collected-essays-memoirs-loa-284-the-omni-americans-south-to-a-very-old-place-the-hero-and-the-blues-stomping-the-blues-t","title":"Albert Murray: Collected Essays \u0026 Memoirs (Loa #284): The Omni-Americans \/ South to a Very Old Place \/ The Hero and the Blues \/ Stomping the Blues \/ T","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAlbert Murray: Collected Essays \u0026amp; Memoirs (Loa #284): The Omni-Americans \/ South to a Very Old Place \/ The Hero and the Blues \/ Stomping the Blues \/ T\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAlbert Murray\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781598535037\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLibrary of America\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e1072\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditors Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Paul Devlin present a definitive edition of Albert Murray's collected nonfiction, including his 1971 memoir \u003ci\u003eSouth to a Very Old Place\u003c\/i\u003e, inspiration for Imani Perry's \u003ci\u003eSouth to America.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his 1970 classic \u003ci\u003eThe Omni-Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, Albert Murray (1916-2013) took aim at protest writers and social scientists who accentuated the \"pathology\" of race in American life. Against narratives of marginalization and victimhood, Murray argued that black art and culture, particularly jazz and blues, stand at the very headwaters of the American mainstream, and that much of what is best in American art embodies the \"blues-hero tradition\"-- a heritage of grace, wit, and inspired improvisation in the face of adversity. Murray went on to refine these ideas in \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Devils of Nada\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom the Briarpatch File\u003c\/i\u003e, and all three landmark collections of essays are gathered here for the first time, together with Murray's memoir\u003ci\u003e South to a Very Old Place\u003c\/i\u003e--inspiration for Imani Perry's \u003ci\u003eSouth to America, \u003c\/i\u003e his brilliant lecture series \u003ci\u003eThe Hero and the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, his masterpiece of jazz criticism \u003ci\u003eStomping the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, and eight previously uncollected pieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Albert Murray: Collected Essays \u0026 Memoirs (Loa #284): The Omni-Americans \/ South to a Very Old Place \/ The Hero and the Blues \/ Stomping the Blues \/ T | Albert Murray | Hardcover | 9781598535037 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks E 1761137","offer_id":49229604225176,"sku":"1761137","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71w2C6bnTyL.jpg?v=1781219833","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/albert-murray-collected-essays-memoirs-loa-284-the-omni-americans-south-to-a-very-old-place-the-hero-and-the-blues-stomping-the-blues-t","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}