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Alan Axelrod

Alan Axelrod was born on August 25, 1952, in New York. He was educated at Northeastern Illinois University and University of Iowa. He is a leading writer about American history, and is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History. In his books, Axelrod presents the facts, details, and faces that have he....[more]

Donald Bogle

Donald Bogle is the author of numerous books, including Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography and Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, & Bucks. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University and lives in New York City. A MORE DETAILED BIOGRAPHY TO COME IN THE WEEKS AHEAD, INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR....[more]

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Alan Goldsher

Alan Goldsher is the author of "Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read" (St. Martin's Press, 2006) and "Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers" (Hal Leonard, 2002), as well as the music-themed novels "Jam" (Permanent Press, 2002) and "The Record Haus" (PublishAmerica 2003). Written as A.M. Goldsh....[more]

Howard Mandel

Howard Mandel, author of Miles Ornette Cecil -- Jazz Beyond Jazz (Routledge, 2008) and Future Jazz (Oxford University Press, 1999) has written about jazz, blues, new and unusual musics for publications internationally. General editor of the Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz and Blues (2005), president of the J....[more]

Sally Placksin

Sally Placksin is an award-winning writer and public radio writer/producer/host of over 300 public radio programs with expertise in the fields of jazz, literature, arts, and women's issues. She is the author of "American Women in Jazz", winner of an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, and "Mothering the New Mother: Women's F....[more]

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Born in Sacramento, California, on December 5, 1934, Joan Didion received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1956. Joan Didion wrote for Vogue from 1956 to 1963, and was visiting regent's lecturer in English at the University of California, Berkeley in 1976. Didion also publishes novels, short storie....[more]