Ashon Crawley
author of "Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility," professor of religious studies and African American studies at the University of Virginia
Ashon Crawley is a writer, artist, and a professor of religious studies and African American studies at the University of Virginia. He is the author of “Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility” (Fordham University Press) and “The Lonely Letters” (Duke University Press and is currently completing a book about the Black church, the AIDS crisis and the sound of the Hammond organ titled “From Infinite World: The Sound of the Hammond Organ and the Tragedy of AIDS in the Black Church.” (W.W. Norton)
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