Books by Francis Davis

In honor of the Year of the Blues, the long-awaited reissue of a myth-shattering examination of a most enduring form of American music

The latest collection of essays by peerless music and culture writer Francis Davis, who "has long combined Gary Giddins's musical acuity with Whitney Balliett's literary flair"-Boston Phoenix

A spirited collection of profiles, reporting, and commentary spanning the cultural scene by one of the finest essayists writing today

On September 3, 2001, the movies and those who love them lost one of their greatest friends - a friend who never tired of championing the best that the movies could offer and didn't shrink from speaking her mind. This is a biography of the ascerbic and witty film critic Pauline Kael.