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A New Biography of King Charles Is Among the Season's Must-Read Books
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe 30 Must-Read Books of This Winter This season, you have no excuse for being without a good book....
‘Bitter Crop’ Review: Billie Holiday’s Swan Song
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoIn 1959, during what would be the final months of her life, Billie Holiday was unwell. The singer—who had honed her art in the brothels of Baltimore,...
Jay Weston Dies: ‘Lady Sings The Blues’ Producer Who Gave Al Pacino Broadway Break Was 93
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJay Weston, who was working as a publicist when a chance meeting with Billie Holiday at the 1958...
20 Essential Books Recommended by Oprah’s Book Club
Biography via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Best Books from Oprah's Book ClubBiography When Oprah talks, we listen. Oprah’s Book Club, helmed by the one-and-only Oprah Winfrey herself, has put...
6 inspiring Black protest songs, from 'Strange Fruit' to Kendrick Lamar’s 'Alright'
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoToday, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,”...
‘3 Shades of Blue’ Review: Miles Davis and Friends
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoBOOKSHELF “I was the one,” wrote James Brown in his autobiography, “who made the dark-complexioned people popular.” That is a bit of an overstatement,...
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Limited Series in Development at Tucker Tooley Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTucker Tooley Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to a pair of books about First Lady...
Young, Gifted, Black...and Exhausted
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 3 months agoYoung, Gifted, Black...and ExhaustedAuthor Provided Three generations ago, my great-grandmother Helen left this earth after spending much of her life in...
How Lucy Sante Wrote a Revelatory Memoir
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNo genre tests the delicate trust between author and reader like memoir. It is unavoidably provocative, a case study of the fragile magic act that all...
Kate Bush always sounded like the future. With a boost from 'Stranger Things,' that future is now
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBush, a rare female auteur in the male-dominated music world, has inspired a raft of acclaimed...
