TT: The bookbag

Here are the books I brought with me to read (or reread) on my trip to California and Oregon:

• Three sets of bound galleys: Stanley Crouch's Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker , Chuck Haddix' Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker , and Alisa Solomon's Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof

• Larry Birnbaum's Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll

• Jack O'Brien's Jack Be Nimble: The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director

• Brian Priestley's Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker

• Tom Wolfe's Back to Blood