Walton Muyumba

Walton Muyumba teaches English at Indiana University. He is the author of The Shadow and the Act: Black Intellectual Practice, Jazz Improvisation, and Philosophical Pragmatism. 

John Edgar Wideman’s American Vernacular

John Edgar Wideman’s American Vernacular John Edgar Wideman’s American Vernacular

The master novelist offers a view of a United States defined by its cultures of improvisation.

Aug 11, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Walton Muyumba

Caravaggio’s The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Teju Cole’s Elegiac Criticism Teju Cole’s Elegiac Criticism

For the novelist and photographer, to see—and to write about what one sees—is a way to confront the hard facts of the world.

Nov 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Walton Muyumba

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