Foreword | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Observations, Interpretations, and Conversations | |
In Response to Being Awarded a Citation for Distinguished Literary Achievement by an Alabamian (2003) | p. 13 |
King of Cats (1996) | p. 15 |
Trading Twelves: The Omni-American Literary Identity of Albert Murray and Ralph Ellison | p. 37 |
Cosmos Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation | p. 52 |
Albert Murray and Visual Art | p. 68 |
Murray and Mann: Variations on a Theme | p. 84 |
Dewey's Pragmatism Extended: Education and Aesthetic Practice in Train Whistle Guitar | p. 102 |
Albert Murray and Tuskegee Institute: Art as the Measure of Place | p. 114 |
A Conversation with Albert Murray (1996) | p. 130 |
Albert Murray's House of Blues (1997) | p. 138 |
An Interview with Michele Murray | p. 147 |
Conjugations and Reiterations: An Interview with Albert Murray (2003) | p. 155 |
Murray's Mulatto America | p. 164 |
Chinaberry Tree, Chinaberry Tree | p. 179 |
Scooter Comes Home | p. 191 |
Reminiscences and Appreciations | |
Wynton Marsalis on Albert Murray (2001) | p. 199 |
Albert Murray's Du Bois Medal Citation (2007) | p. 202 |
At the Bar and on the Avenue with My Pal Al Murray | p. 204 |
My Beginnings with Albert | p. 207 |
The White Man Between Albert Murray and Stanley Crouch | p. 209 |
On Michael James and Albert Murray | p. 211 |
Michael James on Albert Murray | p. 214 |
Greg Thomas and "the Professor" | p. 216 |
Life and Literature Lessons Learned | p. 219 |
A Giant in Heart and Mind | p. 221 |
My Travels through Cosmos Murray | p. 223 |
Afternoons with Murray: Heart and Soul in the Key of Swing | p. 227 |
Works Cited | p. 231 |
Contributors | p. 237 |
Index | p. 241 |
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