How, Then, Shall We Live?

The "How, Then, Shall We Live?" Lecture Series at the University of the South, Sewanee, TN aims to raise potent questions by inviting lecturers and organizing events which stoke lively conversation, not only in the University but in the Sewanee community at large. What are the key issues that bedevil us here in Sewanee? Who could help us think through such issues? Whose writing and life work speaks to them? Email us your thoughts at htswlseries@gmail.com

Friday, September 14, 2007

BLUES FOR TOMMOROW. SEPTEMBER 26th, 2007.

(poster designed by Kate Sullivan)

The first speaker in this year's "How, Then, Shall We Live?" lecture series will be:

STANLEY CROUCH
"Blues for Tomorrow"

Wednesday, September 26
4:30 pm
Gailor Auditorium

The Faculty Panel to introduce the work of Stanley Crouch will take place on Monday, September 17, at 4:30 in the Bairnwick Women's Center.

Panelists will include Rev. Walter Brownridge (Assoc. Dean, School of Theology), Prof. Gayle McKeen (Political Science), and Prof. Stephen Miller (Music).

A distinctive American voice in cultural criticism, Stanley Crouch has been called "the bull in the china shop of the black intelligentsia." A columnist for the New York Daily News and a former Jazz Times columnist, Crouch is author of several collections of essays--including The Artificial White Man (2004), The All-American Skin Game (essays from 1990-94), and Notes of a Hanging Judge (essays from 1979-89). His novel, Don't the Moon Look Lonesome, ppeared in 2000. Forthcoming books include In Defense of Taboos (2008) and a biography of great jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Crouch is at work on a second novel. He also acted as a consultant for Ken Burns on his documentaries on jazz and Jack Johnson. In addition, he has been a recipient of the Whiting Writer's Award as well as the MacArthur Foundation's "Genius"
Award.

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