"I didn’t know who William Kelley was when I found that book but, like millions of Americans, I knew a term he is credited with first committing to print. 'If You’re Woke, You Dig It' read the headline of a 1962 Op-Ed that Kelley published in the New York
Times, in which he pointed out that much of what passed for “beatnik” slang (“dig,” “chick,” “cool”) originated with African-Americans." Are you familiar with
William Kelley? Let
Kathryn Schulz be your guide on this historical literary adventure as
she discovers an immensely influential writer whom most of us have never heard mentioned.