Rafaela showed up at her job at the Oceanic Brew Pub with a slight swelling beneath her eye and a discoloration of the skin beneath it. The new grill cook, Hobgood, saw this right off when she came ...

Before Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, or Rachelle Ferrell, there was Billie Holiday, a fierce jazz vocalist who captivated audiences with every note. Known for her unique raspy voice, she made history as ...

“Drawing from the depths of excruciating personal heartbreak, Billie used her voice as an instrument to express human pathos in a way that no others could. Her extraordinary rhythmic phrasing has ...

Reprint. Originally published: New York, Stein and Day, 1975. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001 ...