Suzanne Vega talks about Carson McCullers
Terror, suspense, and the power of suggestion in The Haunting
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Mark Twain, “My First Lie and How I Got Out of It”
Julian Hawthorne, “Absolute Evil”
Listen: An Albert Murray playlist for jumping, kicking, swinging, or stomping the blues
The Centurions: Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray
Improvisation on a noir theme: The jazz of François Truffaut’s Shoot the Piano Player
From Billie Holiday to Billy Preston, James Baldwin: Later Novels inspires a Spotify playlist
Caroline W. Healey Dall, “A Sketch from Maryland Life”