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The Silence of Thelonious Monk
Was it music I heard or love's faint echo in the stillness left by Monk's departure?
November
1
1997
John Edgar Wideman
The Silence of Thelonious Monk
John Edgar Wideman
November
1
1997
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The Silence of Thelonious Monk
Was it music I heard or love's faint echo in the stillness left by Monk's departure?
November
1
1997
John Edgar Wideman
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