A Boat Against the Current

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Showing posts with label John McWhorter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John McWhorter. Show all posts
Saturday, November 24, 2018

Quote of the Day (John McWhorter, on Scott Joplin’s Brand of Ragtime)

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“The elegant ragtime pieces Joplin wrote better than anyone else are as difficult to play as they are lovely to hear. This had kept th...
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I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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