Jazz And Its Discontents the imaginary veterinary

Jazz And Its Discontents the imaginary veterinaryFrom Frank Sinatra to Sun Ra, from the jazz age to middle age, with thoughts on everything in between, Francis Davis has been writing about American music and American culture for more than twenty years. His essays have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, and the Village Voice among countless other publications from coast to coast. And now, for the first time, here are his most important writings of his impressive career the

We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes

The Good Nurse is a searing indictment of a crushing and dehumanizing for-profit medical system

Together this auspicious pairing has resulted in Satchmo

some overrun by machines

" —Emma Straub

compassion

and over-dependence on water as our only source of hydration

Amy Cuddy has galvanized tens of millions of viewers around the world with her TED talk about "power poses

Some we hope to remember forever and some we long to forget

When a connection is made to the Bone Collector—the serial killer who terrorized New York more than a decade ago—Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are immediately drawn into the case

with shocking revelations around every corner

Lieutenant Commander Denver understands exactly how tomorrow's soldiers are recruited