Michael Borshuk
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Location | Lubbock, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | MICHAEL BORSHUK is Associate Professor of African American Literature at Texas Tech University. He is the author of SWINGING THE VERNACULAR: JAZZ AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MODERNIST LITERATURE (Routledge, 2006), and numerous essays, reviews, and encyclopedia entries on African American literature, American modernism, and music. |
| Interests | Literature, jazz, baseball, film, politics, art. |
| Favorite movies | Do the Right Thing, 8 1/2, Breathless, The Royal Tenenbaums, Metropolitan, Killer of Sheep. |
| Favorite music | Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder. |
| Favorite books | Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Jazz by Toni Morrison, Passing by Nella Larsen |