Jimmie Rodgers died for your sins -- A light went on and he sang -- The blues : a musical journey -- Sacred and profane in Clarksdale -- True adventures with the King of Bluegrass -- Jimmy Martin, RIP -- The lost man of rock and roll -- Elegy for Carl Perkins -- Trust the song -- Bob Dylan, 1997 -- Leaving the farm -- Gotta serve somebody -- World gone wrong again -- Charlie Chan in New Orleans! -- Blues streak -- Going back to New Orleans -- Seer and seen : an online chat about New Orleans -- An exchange of letters about Why New Orleans matters -- Other people's houses -- Incontinental drift -- Citizen Mailer -- Norman Mailer : a remembrance -- An interview with Tom Piazza on the future of the book -- The devil and Gustave Flaubert -- Note in a bottle.
Summary:
Profiles such cultural icons as Charlie Chan, Norman Mailer, and Bob Dylan, and presents a new collection of essays and writings on music, film, literature, and politics that explore the American landscape and cultural traditions.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.