{"product_id":"always-in-pursuit-fresh-american-perspectives-paperback","title":"Always in Pursuit: Fresh American Perspectives - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStanley Crouch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As a cultural and political commentator, Stanley Crouch in unapologetically contentious and delightfully iconoclastic. Whether he is writing on the uniqueness of the American South, the death of Tupak Shakur, the O.J. Simpson verdict, or the damage done by the Oklahoma City bombing, Crouch's high-velocity exchange with American culture is conducted with scrupulous allegiance to the truth, even when it hurts\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand it usually does. And on the subject of jazz\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003efrom Sidney Bechet to Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington to Miles Davis\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003ethere is no one more articulate, impassioned, and encyclopedic in his knowledge than Stanley Crouch. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Crouch approaches everything in his path with head-on energy, restless intelligence, and a refreshing faith in the collective experiment that is America\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand he does so in a virtuosic prose style that is never less than thrilling.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a brilliant new collection of essays on the sublime and the ridiculous in contemporary American culture and society, by one of the most important and compelling social commentators at work today. \u003cbr\u003e\"Fearless and engaging, a virtuoso at bringing the drive of natural speech into social criticism, Stanley Crouch transcends our usual racial divides to write in behalf of any and every American who will read him. \"Always in Pursuit is irresistible commentary on the American condition just now.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Alfred Kazin \u003cbr\u003e\"Stanley Crouch heads right toward issues that other writers shy away from; he is almost scarily fearless. Reading him is like watching a sharpshooter--when he misses, it adds to the showmanship.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Pauline Kael \u003cbr\u003eBrash, teasing, belligerent and tender, Crouch knows what he is talking about and he says what he means. When he writes about Duke Ellington or Albert Murray, John Ford or Ralph Ellison, that knowledge and truthfulness make it clear that you don't have to agree with him to learn from him.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate \u003cbr\u003e\"Stanley Crouch once again proves himself to be a major iconoclast. His words prick the pages, provoking, irritating, prodding us to question our own easy assumptions on race, sex, politics, art, jazz, history, civilization, you-name-it. His pursuit becomes our own, as we see our world through his bold eyes.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Linda Chavez \u003cbr\u003e\"The essay on O. J. Simpson is among the most sensible and incisive writing from the mountain of commentary that that unfortunate case has produced. Crouch remains one of our most formidable social and literary critics.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Gerald Early \u003cbr\u003e\"\"Always in Pursuit is everything I love about the brilliantStanley Crouch. In his hands the essay becomes a great jazz riff on the page--social commentary rightly done as a singular 'I'. Written by a passionately determined believer in the American possibility, this collection of essays is wide ranging, fiercely opinionated, elegantly composed, purposefully challenging. Be prepared.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Marcia Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief, \"Ms. Magazine \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanley Crouch is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, \u003c\/i\u003e a Sunday columnist for the New York \u003ci\u003eDaily News, \u003c\/i\u003e and a frequent panelist on \u003ci\u003eThe Charlie Rose Show.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe All-American Skin Game\u003c\/i\u003e (which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award) and \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Hanging Judge.\u003c\/i\u003e For years a jazz critic and staff writer for the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice, \u003c\/i\u003e he is Artistic Consultant to Jazz at Lincoln Center. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 7.99 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923906724147,"sku":"9780375701689","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dTZ5-FT5FR9780375701689.webp?v=1793828825","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/always-in-pursuit-fresh-american-perspectives-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}