Browse: Stuart Cosgrove (author)

As ever, Cosgrove's lucid, entertaining prose is laden with detail, but never at the expense of the wider narrative. Hinging on that Memphis destination, he traces the savage dichotomy at the... — Clash Magazine More…

A benediction of a book about the early years of the sporting deity. Cassius X is a unique take - no easy feat when faced with an athlete who has been embalmed in books over the decades — Sunday Times More…

An erudite and deeply passionate dive into the complex relationship between American music and politics' -- Sean O'Hagan — The Observer More…

An impressively granular month-by-month deep dive into Harlem's fertile musical response to a time of social and political upheaval' -- Ludovic Hunter Tilney — Financial Times More…

Cosgrove weaves a compelling web of circumstance that maps a city struggling with the loss of its youth to the Vietnam War, the hard edge of the civil rights movement and ferocious inner-city... — The Independent More…