The following is an excerpt from the essay "The Crack-Up," reprinted from The Crack-Up, a compilation of articles written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in one book by New Directions Publishing. These articles were written during Fitzgerald's later years, between 1931 and 1937, when ...
Filmmaker DeWitt Sage answers questions about directing American Masters - F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams. Q: Do you agree with the several end-of-millennium surveys that rank F. Scott Fitzgerald as the most important or one of the most important American writers of the 20th century? ...
Print the following organizer for the lesson Diego Rivera: Art as the Universal Language: Organizer for Lesson One
In writing "Invisible Man" the late 1940s, Ralph Ellison brought onto the scene a new kind of black protagonist, one at odds with the characters of the leading black novelist at the time, Richard Wright. If Wright’s characters were angry, uneducated, and volatile — the ...
An extended self-interview with "Ralph Ellison" filmmaker Avon Kirkland. Avon Kirland: Do I really have to do this interview? Q: Yes, you do. Your contractual agreement with AMERICAN MASTERS requires it. AK: All right. Let's get it over with. Q: I have heard you asked ...
More than fifty years after his death, Hank Williams ranks among the most powerfully iconic figures in American music. Iconic to the point that man and myth are inextricably entwined. He set the agenda for contemporary country songcraft and sang his songs with such believability ...
What got you interested in this project? What drew you to Hank Williams? Everything about Hank Williams interests me. His music, his life. His death. His impact. It's the kind of subject that one hopes to find. Although there is a cottage industry in books ...
