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When Necessity Feels Like Luxury Those of us who live in a place where the public library is not only open but open late have reason to marvel....
Paying It Forward: You Donated to Me, I Bought Teachout's "Pops" Borders needs to move Terry's "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong" to "Best Biographies" section! Looks like a juicy read....
After the fact How it feels to see your new book in the stores....
Male = Mass Appeal When you're perceived as a niche even though you're the majority, good luck breaking into the mainstream....
On the shelves Have you seen "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong" in a bookstore yet? If so, tell me where....
Rules Are Rules Is reading a book on an iPhone an offense?...
It's out! "Pops" is now available for immediate online purchase from Amazon and Barnes & Noble....
A rave for "Pops" A big thumbs-up for my Louis Armstrong biography in the December issue of the Atlantic....
Ready or not, here I come! A complete list of 2009 tour dates for "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong."...
Consider the source "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong" has been picked for the December Indie Next Great Reads list....
The Book Tour ... in 140 characters, max....
Our Sense of Place, Dismantled What happens when our newspapers disappear....
Still more exciting "Pops"-related news Amazon.com has chosen "Pops" as one of the ten best biographies of 2009....
Mondays aren't so bad Publishers Weekly just picked "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong" as one of the best books of 2009....
Real and right Am I a closet Luddite? Here's how I felt when I got the first finished copy of "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong."...
Good Friday "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong" is #33 on Amazon's Best Books of 2009 list--and it isn't even published yet....
How To Save The Book-Publishing Business The Answer: Look At What's Happening Abroad, Especially In Germany...
It's here The first finished copy of "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong" arrived in today's mail....
Straight From the Horse's Mouth "Here's the truth, simply stated ..." You'd never know it was written more than half a century ago....
Unique selling point What makes "Pops" different from all previous Louis Armstrong biographies? Here's the answer in a nutshell....
Coming Soon: A New Place For More Book Reviews The New Republic May Be Skinnier, But It Plans To Fatten Its Website...
Vonnegut Tells a Story It's a nice little tale of blackmail and paranoia....
Why the Balanchine Trust (and other arts organizations) may have to play the heavy in shutting down YouTube clips. Foot talks to someone who knows the legal ins and outs....
What would Balanchine have thought of YouTube? Foot, by way of Arlene Croce and Jonathan Lethem, makes an educated guess....
"M" is for the many things she gave me Apropos of "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong," the new Publishers Weekly contains a profile of me....