Two entries were posted today related to my piece on Sonny Clark in the current issue of Tin House.  One is a list of some of my favorite jazz writings and the other is a Clark playlist on Spotify.

My latest piece in Paris Review Daily on saxophonist Branford Marsalis, with photographs by Frank Hunter.

A report on my recent visit to Gene Smith’s hometown of Wichita, Kansas, with photographs from his childhood home by Kate Joyce.

I’ve got a new piece Sonny Clark: Melody and Melancholy* in the ‘11-’12 Winter issue of Tin House magazine, #50, the “Beauty,” issue.  Earlier this year I wrote two pieces about Clark for Paris Review Daily (Pt. One and Two).  This piece features new material about the black-owned hotel in Herminie #2, PA where Clark [...]

It worked.  Or, at least, it failed productively.  You can see more photos from Chaos Manor photographer Kate Joyce HERE and from the Invisible Dog’s Simon Courchel HERE.
You can read a preview of the shows by Dawn Chan for Paris Review Daily HERE.  For the August 24 press release go HERE.
Now, working with Chris McElroen [...]

I just finished a 12-part series about my affinity for late night sports talk radio for The Morning News.
Part 12: Better in the Dark.  11/9/10.
Part 11: Homage to Terrence Malick, Part Two.  10/24/11.
Part 10: Whose Fantasy is this, Anyway? 10/10/11.
Part 9: Los Tiempos van Cambiando.  9/30/11.
Part 8: Everyone Gets A Go.  9/22/11.
Part 7: The 5 [...]

A conversation between Sam and Japanese-American writer Roland Kelts following Sam’s trip to Japan earlier this year was published at A Public Space this month.  The conversation was transcribed by Hank Stephenson.

The (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) Triangle’s alt-weekly, the Independent, honored me with one of their annual arts awards this week.  Pretty good article.  Aaron Greenwald’s evocation of Studs Terkel and John Dos Passos is generous; Terkel’s always been a hero of mine and the latter’s work influenced the varied documentary-narrative structures of the JLP book.

My latest Paris Review piece is HERE.

My new Paris Review piece on artist Mary Frank is HERE.