"Dylan has burrowed into our flesh and lodged in our minds...his words, images, tunes have been swimming through my head, rising up from the depths at unexpected moments. The electric violin on desolation row. Breadcrumb sins... the ghost of electricity howling in the bones of her face. The orphan crying like a fire in the sun. Her Jamaican rum and how she did come. The hard rain forever falling. The answer forever blowin'..." Chimes of Freedom rells ...
Is there a more characteristic figure of the sixties than Muhammad Ali—playful and political, popular and non-conformist, defiant and triumphant? In a unique new book, Mike Marqusee puts the great boxer back in his true historical context to explore a crucial moment at the crossroads of popular culture and mass resistance. He traces Ali’s interaction with the evolving black liberation and anti-war movements, including his brief but fascinating liaison with ...