Albert Murray: Collected Novels & Poems (LOA #304), 9781598535617
Hardcover
“Albert Murray (1916-2013) was one of the most provocative and original American thinkers of the twentieth century, writing with equal grace and power as an essayist and novelist”–Page 4 of cover.

Albert Murray: Collected Novels & Poems (LOA #304)

train whistle guitar / the spyglass tree / the seven league boots / the magic keys/ poems

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  • Hardcover

    977 pages

  • Release Date

    14 February 2018

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Summary

Complete in one volume for the first time, the joyous, jazz-saturated fiction of one of our foremost African American writers, including the four-novel Scooter sequenceComplete in one volume for the first time, the joyous, jazz-saturated fiction of one of our foremost African American writers, including the four-novel Scooter sequenceOne of the leading cultural critics of his generation, Albert Murray was also the author of an extraordinary quartet of semi-autobiographical novels, vivid impre…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781598535617
ISBN-10:1598535617
Series:Library of America Albert Murray Edition
Author:Albert Murray, Henry Louis Gates, Paul Devlin
Publisher:The Library of America
Imprint:The Library of America
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:977
Release Date:14 February 2018
Weight:630g
Dimensions:208mm x 135mm x 28mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“An absolute joy to read.” –Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

“An absolute joy to read.” –Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

About The Author

Albert Murray

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Gates has authored or coauthored 21 books and created 15 documentary films.Paul Devlin teaches English at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and has published essays and criticism in many periodicals. He is the editor of Murray Talks Music- Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues (2016) and Rifftide- The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones, as told to Albert Murray (2011), a finalist for the Jazz Journalists Association’s book award.

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