The Greatest Generation The Wonder Years
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One of the Greatest Generation
I grew up in Collinsville, Connecticut during the Great Depression, was sworn into the Navy on my seventeenth birthday, and spent three years on the destroyer, USS Ringgold. There is nothing unique about that. Millions of people all over the world survived the Depression. Millions more lived through World War II. Nowhere near as many faced the end of the war as a twenty-year old high school drop out, emotionally hurting, not knowing what to do about it, or that I needed help. This is the story of that struggle; at the age of twenty-five becoming a follower of Jesus through the guidance of a Presbyterian minister, three years later entering college, and then seminary. This is what it was like to be redeemed from the scrap heap of life.
Happy Days and Wonder Years
In the 21st century, why do we keep talking about the fifties and sixties? In "Happy Days and Wonder Years", Daniel Marcus reveals how interpretations of these decades have figured in the cultural politics of the United States since 1970.
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Author: Hanif Abdurraqib
language: en
Publisher: Melville House UK
Release Date: 2019-10-04
A stunning collection of essays using music as a vantage point through which to examine and interrogate the world we live in, culturally and politically. In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that matters. Whether he's attending a Bruce Springsteen concert the day after visiting Michael Brown's grave, or discussing public displays of affection at a Carly Rae Jepsen show, he writes with a poignancy and magnetism that resonates profoundly. In the wake of the nightclub attacks in Paris, he recalls how he sought refuge as a teenager in music, at shows, and wonders whether the next generation of young Muslims will not be afforded that opportunity now. While discussing the everyday threat to the lives of black Americans, Abdurraqib recounts the first time he was ordered to the ground by police officers: for attempting to enter his own car. In essays that have been published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others—along with original, previously unreleased essays—Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world, so that we might better understand ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times.