Cultural Writing. Who will control the past -- and the future? In these panoramic interview (1989-1998), Howard Zinn makes sense of the last century as only he can, tying together themes as diverse as the rise and fall (and rise again?) of the labor movement and the role of the arts in American politics (from Ilia Kazan to the NEA). He creates a platform from which to fight for the future and a funny, fast-paced read. Howard Zinn, professor emeritus at Boston University, is one of the country's most distingusihed historians and oen of the Left's best-loved figures. "Howard Zinnis was the best teacher I ever has and the funniest" -- Alice Walker. See also A.K. Press' new CD of A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.