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in 1971. The published form, edited by Nel King, reduced the original manuscript by more than two thirds. Before editing, the typescript contained mostly dialog; a lot of the prose was formed during King's second edit. She chose to retain the pimp stories, thereby giving them greater prominence than
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American literature that even his well-wishers could not have anticipated", and stressed that the bassist had described "what it feels like to be an artist – actually
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was collaborating with Mingus in the writing and editing of "an eight-year-old, portly, angry manuscript of 1,500 pages", and that publishers in France and Japan had bid for the book. The original proposed title was
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commented that "the reader is forced to plow through page after page of erotica (some might label it pornography) in order to ferret out the most basic kind of information about the man and his music."
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s reviewer stated that the book is "sexual fantasy and tortured personality conflict", and complained that there was little information about Mingus' music or those he played with.
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it, in a world that is not only trying to stop you being an artist but has tried to stop you being human in the first place."
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Southern, Eileen (1972). ""Beneath the
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Shelton, Robert (August 27, 1962) "Jazz Man Is
Changing His Beat".
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James, Clive (August 15, 1971) "Jim Crow in the Jazz World".
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Fusilli, Jim (November 18, 1992) "On
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Beneath the
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447:. Penguin. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
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1061:Categories
983:Sue Mingus
435:Litt, Toby
287:References
234:Sue Mingus
151:Background
686:Blue Bird
567:The Clown
460:. p. A14.
319:. p. A21.
248:in 1993.
227:Toby Litt
190:Reception
182:'s book,
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831:Revenge!
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412:. p. C4.
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275:See also
57:Language
1029:Epitaph
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60:English
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