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Now available from Atria Books/Simon & Schuster: Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne

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According to LIZ SMITH's advance review of Stormy Weather:
"I wish I could do justice to this book. I cannot. It is impossible to convey its power ... Magnificent, gripping, marvelously written."
See also:
Liz in Variety, The New York Times Book Review, O, the Oprah Magazine, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The New Yorker, Huffington Post, USA Today, vanityfair.com, Cindy Adams (New York Post), New York Newsday, Time Out New York, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Boston Globe, Vogue.com, Playbill.com, More.com, TrendHunter.com, Bay Area Reporter, The Defenders (Eise Nefertari Ulen), Library Journal, Alan W. Petrucelli's Entertainment Report, Gay City News, All About Jazz, St. Petersburg Times, Indianapolis Star, National Examiner, Shreveport Times, Hilary Gardner's Ad Alta Voce, and Corey Jarrell's I'll Keep You Posted.

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here for Cabaret Scenes profile of James and Barbara Leavy's review of Stormy Weather.

"Please, please NEVER tell my life story. Your eyes are too keen."(Richard Rodriguez, author and cultural critic)

All material herein, save for article photos: © James Gavin, 2009