Opinion: For the greats of the jazz age, life on the road was perilous as well as glamorous
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Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong created a template for what it means for a musician to be ‘on tour.’ How much of their accounts was pure myth ..read more
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Gavin Newsom is writing a book. Is he hoping to take a page from Obama?
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Ambitious politicians often publish an autobiographical book as they explore whether to launch a presidential campaign. Will California’s governor be next ..read more
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The week’s bestselling books, May 12
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 12, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction ..read more
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System of a Down singer Serj Tankian’s new book details band’s up and downs, and what fuels his activism
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Before releasing new memoir “Down With the System” on May 14, Tankian spoke about why he’s optimistic about Armenia, and whether we might see another album from System of a Down ..read more
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‘Fallout’ is fun, but the reality of a post-nuclear apocalypse is nightmare fuel
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Prime Video’s hit show “Fallout” and other pop culture depictions of the post-apocalypse are pretty far from reality, as this writer learns from Annie Jacobsen’s “Nuclear War: A Scenario ..read more
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Alice Munro, acclaimed short-story writer and Nobel Prize winner, dies at 92
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Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning short story author known for ‘Dear Life,’ has died. She was 92 ..read more
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Miranda July is widening and expanding women’s lives with her new novel: ‘Fiction is my superpower’
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Miranda July has hit a creative, life-giving stride, at 50, with her deeply funny and achingly true new novel, ‘All Fours’ -- her first in almost 10 years ..read more
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20 new books you need to read this summer
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Here are 20 upcoming books — publishing between late May and August — that we recommend to kick off the summer reading season ..read more
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A gender-fluid childhood at an RV park in the desert. Zoë Bossiere wouldn’t change a thing
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Zoë Bossiere’s bracing memoir, ‘Cactus Country,’ chronicles their gender-expansive childhood in the desert ..read more
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The week’s bestselling books, May 19
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 19, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction ..read more
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