Gustavus Stadler co-edits the Music section of Public Books. He teaches in the English department at Haverford College and co-organizes the Graterford Prison Archive. He is the author, most recently, of Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life and has written about music, sound, and literature for many venues, including Al Jazeera, Public Books, and Social Text.
Gustavus Stadler
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Writing on Public Books
American Music, American War
In World War II, G.I.s waking up in a combat zone in Italy were reported to have belted out “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin,” a blockbuster smash of 1943.
B-Sides: Agnes Smedley’s “Daughter of Earth”
Very much against the grain of most standard leftist work, “Daughter of Earth” remains unsettled and unsettling throughout.
