Product Description: For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." For a "tunnel rat" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze...read more

Shares the lives and stories of three esteemed southern gospel performers to reveal their contributions to American culture and the political and social revolutions of the twentieth century, and traces how each artist transformed gospel music practices from their childhoods to bring the genre into mainstream society.

Product Description: Between The Ground & God is a collection of writing by renowned musician Stewart Francke. It includes lyrics from his ten cds as well as essays on music, film and popular culture. Between The Ground & God features an entire section of writing by Francke on his honetown of Detroit--the music, architecture, bars, sports teams and racial relations...read more

Product Description: This bibliography serves three primary purposes. First, it provides a historical overview of commentary on black women novelists and their most important works; second, it helps identify current issues and future directions in the criticism of these works, and third, it suggests contextual information that will help students and critics avoid serious misunderstanding of these works...read more

Book by Werner, Craig

Discusses Rich's career as a poet, examines the major themes of her work, and analyzes Rich's approach to poetry

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