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 Man Called Fran Plumbing, the depths A rawness of seeing Denis Johnson writes the big novel Horseman, Pass By Glory, grief, and the race for the Triple Crown Adjust Share