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Title: Always in Pursuit : Fresh American Perspectives by STANLEY CROUCH ISBN: 0-375-70168-0 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 16 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: does not raise the bar
Comment: Unfortunately, Mr. Crouch's arguments have run out of steam and settled into a argument for the status quo. Crouch made his most valid points back in the 70s, and has not kept up with the times. Readers are advised to stick with Crouch's "Outlaws and Gladiators".
Rating: 4
Summary: he takes no prisoners
Comment: In this collection of essays the brilliant Stanley Crouch comes off a lot like your grouchy old uncle who hates everything. This may put you off but keep reading because a lot of what he's saying is true. Miles Davis did turn out scholk ablums in his later years, much of what passes for black comedy is half a step from the old mintrel show and the O.J.Simpson case was lost becuase the prosecution did a lousy job.
Crouch takes know prisoners and spares no one's feelings. If he loves something he says so and if he thinks someone is a fool he says that too. You'll smile, you'll be offended and you might hurl the book down in anger but read it. Mr. Crouch has an interesting mind, something that is sorely lacking in much of our media figures today.
Rating: 1
Summary: Should have brought something else!
Comment: After reviewing some of Stanley Crouch's essays in Always in Pursuit, my feelings is that this Brother is either confused, ill informed, or probably the superlative individual suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I find his grandiose style in certain areas of African-American History highly annoying and distorted. It is apparent this Brother requires excessive admiration from those that would cross the street or call the police if he was changing a tire in their neighborhood.
Stanley's piece regarding Blues for Three Widows is the epitome of a one-sided narrow-minded view of the struggles and tribulations of Sisters King, Evers-Williams and Shabazz. Their sacrifices are un-questionable. Their husband's views, beliefs, and practices are the essence of the true American Constitution.
In this and other essays Stanley places America and its citizens in this, "one for all and all for one" melting pot. However, American has never been a melting pot. America is a bottle of oil, water, and vinegar, one sitting on top of another, every now a then being shaken by a King, Evers, or Shabazz.
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Title: All-American Skin Game, or, The Decoy of Race, The : The Long and the Short of It, 1990-1994 by STANLEY CROUCH ISBN: 0679776605 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Reconsidering the Souls of Black Folk by Stanley Crouch, Playthell Benjamin ISBN: 0762413492 Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989 by Stanley Crouch ISBN: 0195069986 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society by Arthur M. Schlesinger ISBN: 0393318540 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison by JOHN CALLAHAN, SAUL BELLOW, RALPH ELLISON ISBN: 0812968263 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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