The cool school : writing from America's hip underground /

In this anthology of memoirs, poems, novels, comedy routines, letters, essays, and song lyrics, O'Brien provides a kaleidoscopic guided tour through the subterranean scenes and tribes that gave birth to cool: the worlds of jazz, of disaffected postwar youth, of the racially and sexually excluded, of...

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Other Authors:	O'Brien, Glenn
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Library of America, [2013], ©2013.
Subjects:	American essays > 20th century. American prose literature > 20th century. Literature and society. Music > Social aspects. United States > Social life and customs > 20th century. 1900-1999 American prose literature. Music. Manners and customs. American essays. United States.
Summary:	In this anthology of memoirs, poems, novels, comedy routines, letters, essays, and song lyrics, O'Brien provides a kaleidoscopic guided tour through the subterranean scenes and tribes that gave birth to cool: the worlds of jazz, of disaffected postwar youth, of the racially and sexually excluded, of outlaws and drug users creating their own dissident networks.