Stabler’s series about a black music prodigy is well-reported and -written. We like the rich detail, the elegant descriptions, deft characterizations. What seems left out are more insights into why the 16-year-old, Sam Johnson, has such a hard time. Stabler addresses the challenges that prodigies face as they near adulthood. But we couldn’t help but [...]
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The French Fry Connection
November 16, 2004 – 12:00 am
This series has global reach, an international cast of characters—and shows that, to paraphrase Tip O’Neil, "all economics is local." Read seeks to explain the wide repercussions of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990’s by following a load of potatoes around the world. Like most good stories, the series recounts even this sweeping [...]
