A Song and a Mood

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short-form cultural criticism with an eye towards history and music

About Court Carney

I am a Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University--and the author of a book on the public memory of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest (out this September with LSU Press).

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