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![John Jeremiah Sullivan on the Search for the First Blues Song](https://theparisreview.org/il/fee9f6b84a/large/BBLOGOwName1.jpg)
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
A National Magazine Award–winning essayist and the Southern editor of The Paris Review, John Jeremiah Sullivan tells the story of his search for the first blues song, a story that takes us deep into the surprising and forgotten prehistory of pop music. Moderated by Paris Review editor Lorin Stein, with musical illustrations.
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