The memory of their mother’s collection of books by black women, Harrington says, “is centering for me.” Lexey Swall The tap dancer Robyn Watson quietly beats out rhythms with her bare feet ...

Mark Ulriksen The One: The Life and Music of James Brown RJ Smith Gotham Books In the early 1970s, James Brown typically performed 335 days a year; each month, he gave away 5,000 autographs and ...