About the Author
Robert O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and American Studies at Columbia University, is the author of
The Craft of Ralph Ellison and the editor of
The Jazz Cadence of American Culture. He is co-producer of the 5-CD Smithsonian set
The Jazz Singers, nominated for a Grammy award. His articles on American music and literature appear in the
New York Times, the
Washington Post, and the
Atlantic Monthly.
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