{"product_id":"always-in-pursuit-isbn-9780375701689","title":"Always in Pursuit","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Crouch [is] a master of the provocative sentence and vivid image.\"-\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Feisty and varied...beautifully written...Crouch gives us much to think about and says things about this country that need to be said.\"- \u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Among contemporary essayists, few match Stanley Crouch for breath of subject matter, diversity of style and sheer brilliance.\"- \u003ci\u003eEmerge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tremendous... one of the greatest nonfiction pens in modern American writing... The ambition, lyricism, rhythm, and breadth of knowledge evidence in his paragraphs can be brilliant.\"- \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304258031845,"sku":"NP9780375701689","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375701689.jpg?v=1767721361","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/always-in-pursuit-isbn-9780375701689","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}