Review: Arts Fuse Calls Peter L’Official’s Urban Legends: The South Bronx in Representation and Ruin “an Important Book that Speaks with Powerful Relevance to the State of Black Life in America Today”
“Born and bred in the Bronx, this talented scholar/author (an assistant professor of literature at Bard College) deftly and vividly examines the realities and myths of the Bronx’s extremes: civic neglect, crime, and urban decay, even ruin, versus cultural innovation and an outstanding artistic legacy,” writes Mark Favermann.
Post Date: 09-09-2020
Post Date: 09-09-2020