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James Gavin
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James Gavin

James Gavin has written about some of the most significant black musical figures of our time, including Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte, and Miriam Makeba. His 300+ CD liner note essays include Grammy-nominated article for the box set Ella Fitzgerald -... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. An honest story is the only story worth telling.
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My life in 8 words: "I live to pursue voices, words, and stories."
Stormy Weather will be released on April 13, 2010 in Trade Paperback
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Stormy Weather will be released on June 23, 2009 in Hardcover
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Stormy Weather is now available in Hardcover
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Stormy Weather is now available in eBook
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Stormy Weather will be released on July 21, 2009 in Hardcover
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. An honest story is the only story worth telling. Q. Who are your favorite authors? A. Joan Didion, Truman Capote, Frank Rich, Derek Jarman, Patricia Morrisroe. Q. Is there a book you love to reread? A. "Mapplethorpe: A Biography" Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers? A. Oh, come on -- modesty forbids! Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers? A. Write. Learn more about James Gavin

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PBS, August 21, 2009
...Hollywood's most glamorous black star, to her Tony-award winning one-woman broadway show, 'The Lady and Her Music.' James Gavin, who has also written books about jazz musician Chet Baker and the golden age of Cabaret in New York, has just published a new...
New Yorker, August 17, 2009
...her show. She was and remains a fabulous presence whose self-mythologizing always contains bits of raw truth. In James Gavin?s sympathetic and tough new biography of Horne, ?Stormy Weather,? you see the enormous energy she put into embracing what...
Trend Hunter, August 1, 2009
...As a heavily published freelance journalist and renowned author, James Gavin has taken the writing industry by storm. Among his many books, James Gavin has appeared in several documentaries and has even written an essay for the GRP box set...
Trend Hunter, August 1, 2009
...As a heavily published freelance journalist and renowned author, James Gavin has taken the writing industry by storm. Among his many books, James Gavin has appeared in several documentaries and has even written an essay for the GRP box set...
All About Jazz, July 6, 2009
...Horne biography tells of a star shaped by rejection, racism 'Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne' by James Gavin reveals a woman whose life reflects the civil rights struggles of the times. According to James Gavin's new biography, ?Stormy Weather:...
Examiner.com, June 14, 2009
...and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen Provenance by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo Stormy Weather by James Gavin The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky The Glister by John Burnside The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards by Robert Boswell...
Playbill, May 30, 2009
...but also reveals the often-overlooked intersection of politics and culture. Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne By: James Gavin Published by: Atria Books/Simon and Schuster Publication Date: June 2009 List price: $27, hardcover; 608 pages When he was...
Lighting and Sound America, May 21, 2009
...by former Obie winners Martha Plimpton and Daniel Breaker, the awards were presentedvby Anne Hathaway, Brian d'Arcy James, Gavin Creel, John Shea, Karen Olivo, Kate Mulgrew, Marc Kudisch and Nilaja Sun. In the design categories David Korins took an award...
The Errant Æsthete, September 21, 2009
...a Country House Dr. Caroline Dackers Yale University Press, 1993   Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne James Gavin Atria, 2009   ~ by Errant Aesthete on 09/21/09. Posted in Arts & Letters Tags: myguiltypleasure , NPR , pleasures...
TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends, July 31, 2009
...Published:  Jul 31, 09 Comments:  6 Views:  419 As a heavily published freelance journalist and renowned author, James Gavin has taken the writing industry by storm. Among his many books, James Gavin has appeared in several ries and has even written...
Sound of the City, May 18, 2009
...Martha Plimpton and Daniel Breaker, this year's honors were presented by actors Anne Hathaway, Brian d'Arcy James, Gavin Creel, John Shea, Karen Olivo, Kate Mulgrew, Marc Kudisch, and Nilaja Sun . THE 2008-2009 WINNERS: Lifetime...