Forum looks at and listens to Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad with contributors to the collection “The Rose and the Briar.”
Guests:
Cecil Brown, novelist, author of "The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger" and "Days Without Weather," visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley
Sarah Vowell, essayist and contributor to "This American Life," author of several books including "Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World," "Radio On: A Listener's Diary" and, most recently, "The Partly Cloudy Patriot."
Greil Marcus, music critic, author of several books including "Lipstick Traces," "Mystery Train," and "Dead Elvis," co-editor with Sean Wilentz of "The Rose & The Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad"
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