Murray, Albert

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MURRAY, Albert

MURRAY, Albert. American, b. 1916. Genres: Novels, Art/Art history. Career: Instructor in Literature, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1940-43, 1946-51; Instructor, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, NYC, 1968; O'Connor Professor of Literature, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1970; Paul Anthony Brick Lecturer, University of Missouri, 1972; Writer-in-Residence, Emory University, Atlanta, 1978; Barnard College, Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing, 1981-83; Professor of Humanities, Colgate University, 1982; Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 1983; Dupont Visiting Scholar, Washington and Lee, 1993. Publications: The Omni-Americans, 1970; South to a Very Old Place, 1972; The Hero and the Blues, 1973; Train Whistle Guitar, 1974; Stomping the Blues, 1976; Good Morning Blues; The Autobiography of Count Basie, 1985; The Spyglass Tree, 1991; The Seven League Boots, 1996; The Blue Devils of Nada, 1996; Trading Twelves, 2000; From the Briarpatch File, 2001; Conjugations and Reiterations, 2001. Address: 45 W 132nd St, New York, NY 10037-3101, U.S.A.

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