by bertbaby | Feb 19, 2014 | Book Reviews
Satchmo’s iconic voice and evocative horn sing out in Thomas Brothers’s trenchant study of Armstrong’s shift from New Orleans sideman to worldwide sensation, while race, food, and romance form the rhythm.
by bertbaby | Feb 19, 2014 | Book Reviews
February 19: “It’s what’s in the grooves that counts.”
by bertbaby | Feb 18, 2014 | Book Reviews
A Mexican family’s comic woes vibrantly recall Greek mythology and the young James Joyce.
by bertbaby | Feb 18, 2014 | Book Reviews
Susan Minot weaves the plight of a passel of teenage Ugandans captured by a guerilla group with the experiences of a Western journalist, offering a multivalent take on chaos and cruelty in a tumultuous country.
by bertbaby | Feb 18, 2014 | Book Reviews
February 18: “How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.”
by bertbaby | Feb 17, 2014 | Book Reviews
“Two years ago, officials battling litter and rats in New York City subway stations started a little experiment: Take away trash bins…. MTA officials plan to extend the program to 29 more subway stations along the J and M lines later this...
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