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Gerald Early

Fiction

Interviewed by: Rebekah Presson

Catalog Number: 19900223

Early, a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis, has written extensively on the subject of jazz and African-American popular culture. Here he reads from TUXEDO JUNCTION and talks about his work.

| Subject Matter: Black | Interview Year: 1990 | Genre: Fiction |

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