David Margolick is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair. Prior to that, he was the national legal affairs correspondent for the New York Times. He has written four books: Undue Influence: The Epic Battle for the Johnson & Johnson Fortune, At the Bar: Passions and Peccadillos of American Lawyers (a collection of his law columns for the New York Times), Strange Fruit and Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink. He has been nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in New York City.
This is how cultural history should be told.
* * Buzz * *
These admiring and admirable pages put both the issues and the
verses chicly in perspective for a new century that show few signs
of growing out of the need for such spirited arias of rage.
* * Spectator * *
Compelling biography of arguably the greatest song ever written.
Margolick has written a fascinating study of the song's unique
power, and if you're feeling strong, a free CD of Holiday's
recording comes with the book.
* * Uncut * *
His prose is an elegant and pared-down as the song, evocative of a
brutal period in America's history.
* * Q Magazine * *
Thanks to a panoply of revealing interviews, Margolick shows how a
single 12-line song became a lightning-rod for US attitudes to
race.
* * Independent * *
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