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Alleyway Anthem

“What absurdity.  There is not one novel of America.  There are a thousand Americas. Big Business is only one of its inhuman, monstrous products.  But jazz is the expression of America’s romantic self, its sensual potency, its lyrical force. Big … Continue reading →

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Marvel Universe

There is a level of insistence, a shivering drumbeat, that comes with being who you are, exactly, upon this earth, fractures and all. It is the very bones of existential jazz, its jonesing and felicity, and the greatest most supple … Continue reading →

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