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I was born and grew up in New York City; as an adult I've lived there, in the Bay Area, in Durham, NC, and in Philadelphia and its suburbs. I'm a Professor of English at Haverford College, where I teach interdisciplinary courses on 19th and 20th-century U. S. culture; I'm especially interested in music, sound, and race. I've published in many scholarly journals and have forthcoming pieces in Public Books and Al Jazeera. ...more

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	Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life 4.10 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Troubling Minds: The Cultural Politics Of Genius In The United States, 1840–1890 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Politics of Recorded Sound by Gustavus Stadler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jayna Brown (Contributor), Alexandra T. Vazquez (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cafe Society: The wrong place for the Right People (Music in American Life)

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Gustavus liked Phyllis's review of Joan Baez: The Last Leaf: "What a disappointment. I felt this was a "bait and switch" or a marketing tactic. This was not a biography, but merely an amplified discography and listing of all the concerts she performed and the people she knew - politicians, musicians, activists," Read more of this review »
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