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What's new bookwise in 2010

I have a month-long "virtual book tour" on the blogosphere in January.
All kinds of interviews, some book giveaways. Interested? See:
www.pumpupyourbook.com for starters.
I will post more as I go...


Events and bookings: Booksigning at St. Luke's Church in Somers, New York on Sunday, December 6 in the a.m. with photographer Duanne Simon, who's showing her beautiful all-season cards. I love these smallish events with people who love to read.


I'll be talking about two of my very very favorite jazz singers -
and yours - Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald - for KEXP radio (www.kexp.org) out of Seattle on November 19. Will let you know when the show airs.

Coming in January 2010: A novel.
"Gringa in a Strange Land," set in Mexico in the early '70s,
an on-the-road, portrait-of-a-young-female-artist steeped in
the counterculture. Inspired by Malcolm Lowry, Doris Lessing,
Carlos Fuentes and Carlos Santana,Afro-Cuban jazz, romantic "trovas," the Merry Pranksters,Dylan, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin -you get the picture.

"You'll think of Robert Stone's work and Barbet Schroeder's film "More" in that the novel so adeptly renders an era, a country and a state of mind." Randolph Hogan, translator of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor."

Selected Works

A Novel
Gringa in a Strange Land
Portrait of the artist as a young woman in Mexico during the 1970's. "You'll think of Robert Stone's work and Babet Schroeder's film 'More.'" - Randolph Hogan, translator of "The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Biography of a Great African American Artist
Morning Glory: a Biography of Mary Lou Williams
"Stunning character...{Mary Lou} Williams has found her writing soul mate in Linda Dahl and the engrossing result is 'Morning Glory.'" - Gene Santoro, "New York Times Book Review"
Complete and In-depth Analysis of Women in Jazz
Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen
“The definitive work on women in music – an incredible job of research.”–John Hammond. "For anyone who loves jazz, this is their book." - "Los Angeles Times."
Biography of a Gifted Writer and Interpreter of the Great American Songbook
Haunted Heart: a Biography of Susannah McCorkle
The secret life and tragic death of a great American songbird. "{The book} is vivacious, tender, saturnine, industrious and deeply intelligent." - Leon Wieseltier, "The New Republic."
Short Stories About My Favorite Part of the World
Come Back, Carmen Miranda: Stories about Latin America
The main character is Latin America itself: tragic, lush, violent, romantic. "A wonderful group of stories." - "Danbury News-Times."