Manifesto!

Episode 5: Everybody's Protest Novel and the Responsibilities of Art

July 10th, 2018  |  1 hr 29 mins

du bois, james baldwin, james thurber, political art, protest

Jake and Phil talk about the political and social obligations of art. They discuss W.E.B. Du Bois' "Criteria for Negro Art," James Baldwin's famous 1949 essay "Everybody's Protest Novel," and James Thurber's short story, "The Greatest Man in the World."