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Robert O'Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and American Studies at Columbia University, is the author of The Craft of Ralph Ellison and the editor of The Jazz Cadence of American Culture. He is co-producer of the 5-CD Smithsonian set The Jazz Singers, nominated for a Grammy award. His articles on American music and literature appear in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and theAtlantic Monthly.

A lavishly illustrated biographical essay on the peerless Billie Holiday, drawing on never-before-published material.

Publishers Weekly

O'Meally concentrates on Holiday the musician in this profusely illustrated biographical study.