Trading twelves

Description:

"When two jazz musicians trade twelves with each other in a jam session, one musician begins by riffing off twelve bars of music, the other musician throws the twelve bars back through his instrument, the first answers, and so, back and forth, in an ecstatic exchange of ideas and emotions. So it is with these letters, joyful music created by the exchanges between two dear friends."--Jacket.

subjects: Correspondence,  American Novelists,  Critics,  Intellectual life,  Ellison, ralph, 1914-1994,  Authors, correspondence,  History and criticism,  Bibliography,  English literature,  English Humorous poetry,  English Humorous stories,  English drama (Comedy),  English wit and humor,  Comic, The, in literature,  English wit and humor, history and criticism,  English literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  English drama, history and criticism,  Humorous stories, history and criticism,  American fiction (fictional works by one author)

People: Ralph Ellison,  Albert Murray

Places: United States

Times: 20th century