In Honor of Duke Ellington: Here Are 15 Great Books About Jazz

Ed Simon Recommends Langston Hughes, Dorothy Baker, Geoff Dyer, and More

https://lithub.com/in-honor-of-duke-ellington-here-are-15-great-books-about-jazz/

THE JOURNALIST BIOGRAPHY IN AN AGE OF CRISIS

A memoir by Nicholas Kristof and a biography of Barbara Walters invoke halcyon days in the news business. What can we learn from their lives?

https://apple.news/AFSclVoSXTEe4jyCUH8CK3g

 

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker prize 

Erpenbeck is the first German writer and Michael Hofmann the first male translator to win the £50,000 prize for novel which tells 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/21/jenny-erpenbeck-michael-hofmann-win-2024-international-booker-prize-kairos

 

THOMAS MCGUANE ON SMALL-TOWN AMERICA

The author discusses his story “Thataway.

https://apple.news/AYfo15bNWQye1o-lB2LuHLw