November 2008 Issue [Reviews] Unknown bards Adjust Share The blues becomes transparent about itself by John Jeremiah Sullivan, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags American primitive, volII: pre-war revenants (1897-1939) (Sound recording) Blues (Music) Book reviews Elijah Wald Marybeth Hamilton More from John Jeremiah Sullivan A rawness of seeing Denis Johnson writes the big novel Horseman, Pass By Glory, grief, and the race for the Triple Crown The death of the hired poem Robert Frost, Monster.com, and the anxiety of affluence Adjust Share