intellectual life

Contains twenty-three essays by Italian-American writers, including personal memoirs, analyses of Italian-American literature, and discussions by Italian-American intellectuals on aspects of their heritage.

Presents fifty-one works by and interviews with late-twentieth-century activist and political writer Cornel West, covering such topics as African-American cultural politics, Marxist theory, Christian thought, the arts, and race relations, and includes autobiographical essays.

A collection of essays in interviews that explore the most prominent symbols of the hip-hop genre, discussing what they mean to the hip-hop community and how the genre's stars influence popular and teen culture.

Presents the address delivered by playwright August Wilson to the 11th biennial Theatre Communications Group National Conference at Princeton University on June 26, 1996 and centered around cultural diversity within the American theater.

Explains how electronic media, fast-paced life-style, unstable family patterns, environmental hazard, and educational practices influence the way our children think.

Explores the relation of the black vernacular tradition to the African-American literary tradition, focusing on the two trickster figures of Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey, in whose myths are registered certain principles of both formal language use and its interpretation.