Episode 49: John Dos Passos, "U.S.A." (Part 1/11)

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) by Evan Lampe

Jul 6, 202634:29Arts

I begin a long series on Lost Generation American writers with this look at the first part of John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy. This section focuses on the character of Mac, a working class radical skilled in printing who...

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