Redneck Press with Fried Chicken and Coffee

"[African-American folk­lore] is like jazz; there's no inher­ent prob­lem which pro­hibits under­stand­ing but the assump­tions brought to it." –Ralph Elli­son, Paris Review No. 8 Inter­view by Alfred Chester & Vilma Howard Walk­ing into the uncom­fort­able warmth of the build­ing, the odor of ware­housed, enfee­bled, sick human­ity struck the senses like a soft blow from a foul […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…