I expect that some of you have heard more than enough about Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Alas, the good news keeps flooding in, so I’ll keep it as short as possible today and restrict myself to posting the latest links:
• John Schaefer will interview me about Pops on WNYC’s Soundcheck today at two p.m. ET. Listen live in the New York area by tuning to 93.9 FM, or go here to listen on your computer via streaming audio.
• New Yorkers, take further note: I’ll be reading from and signing copies of Pops tonight at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble, located at Broadway and Sixty-Sixth Street. The show starts at 7:30. Go here for more information.
• On Tuesday I fly to Los Angeles, where I’ll be speaking about Pops at the Los Angeles Public Library’s Central Library, located at 630 W. Fifth Street. The show starts at seven p.m. Go here for more information.
• To read David Margolick’s New York Times Book Review piece about Pops, go here.
• To read the Seattle Times‘ review of Pops, go here.
• The Atlantic‘s review of Pops is now out. To read it, go here.
• Pops made the Chicago Tribune‘s list of the best nonfiction of 2009. To see the full list, go here.
• Ed Champion interviewed me about Pops for the latest episode of The Bat Segundo Show. To listen in streaming audio or download the program as a podcast, go here. (This is, if I do say so myself, an unusually interesting interview.)
• To read the final installment of Marc Myers’ five-part interview with me, go here.
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For those who long to hear about something–anything–else, you’ll find plenty of brand-new non-Pops stuff in the right-hand column and immediately above this posting, with more regular blogging continuing tomorrow.