SOURCE: "Dream Surgeon," in Nation, Vol. 263, No. 13, October 28, 1996, pp. 58-60.
Seymour is an American journalist, editor, and author of such works as Jazz: The Great American Art. In the following review, he reflects on the absence of imagination in modern society and responds favorably to Wideman's treatment of the subject in The Cattle Killing.
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