I forwarded this to the Match Box Blues list, to which I subscribe.
Steven C. Barr
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From: "Rich Remsberg" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:23 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Hard Luck Blues - Depression era photographs
> Some folks on the list may be interested to know about my book, Hard
> Luck Blues: Photographs of Roots Musicians During the Great
> Depression, recently published by the University of Illinois Press
> and the Library of Congress.
>
> The book features more than two hundred images of music and musicians
> from the Farm Security Administration collection as well as a
> foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff, an essay about the FSA and the music
> of the period by me, and an afterword by Henry Sapoznik.
>
> If you're in the vicinity of North Adams, Mass., I hope you can join
> us for the book release party May 6th at Gallery 51. There will be
> other events later in the summer, including signings at the Baltimore
> Public Library and the Library of Congress.
>
> If you're interested in the book, it's available from Amazon,
> independent bookstores, your local library, and the other usual
> channels.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
>
> Rich Remsberg Image Research
> 243 Union Street, #105
> North Adams, MA 01247
> 413-664-4516
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