Terry Teachout, Author . HarperCollins $29.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-06-050528-8
There is no lack of material on the curmudgeonly early-20th century journalist, and a devotee could spend years wading through Mencken's three-volume autobiography, two early biographies, and essays in the scholarly journal Menckeniana. However,
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Terry Teachout, Author . Yale Univ. $35 (438p) ISBN 978-0-300-09894-5
Woe to be an artist, writer, musician or fellow critic who incurs Teachout's wrath. In this hefty, erudite collection of essays and reviews from the last 15 years, Teachout (The Skeptic
) turns his scathing wit on some of high culture's most
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Terry Teachout, Author . Harcourt $22 (185p) ISBN 978-0-15-101088-2
So said Twyla Tharp. This year is the centenary of the birth of master choreographer George Balanchine (d. 1983), who propelled ballet into the 20th century with the neoclassical style. Two excellent short studies—one a viewer's guide for...
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Terry Teachout, Author . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $30 (475p) ISBN 978-0-15-101089-9
Following his biographies of H.L. Mencken and George Balanchine, Teachout turns to another mighty pillar of 20th-century American culture, Louis Armstrong, “a black man born at the turn of the century in the poorest quarter of New Orleans who...
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Terry Teachout, Author Poseidon Press $18.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-68351-1
From his home in New York City, the author, a former editor of Harper's magazine, looks back on his childhood in Sikeston, Mo., his student experiences at a Southern Baptist school and aimless years of drifting through jobs as a bank teller, bass...
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Terry Teachout. Gotham, $30 (480p) ISBN 978-1-592-40749-1
The revealing biography chronicles the life of the legendary jazz bandleader and composer, who conjured great music out of other men’s ideas. Wall Street Journal critic Teachout (Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong) presents a charismatic, charming,...
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