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Here are some links to articles on the internet by or about Tom:
- An essay by Tom at one of our favorite litblogs, maudnewton.com, on writing WHY NEW ORLEANS MATTERS, including some remarks on his favorite books of journalism, is here: maudnewton.com/blog/?p=5972
- Jane Ciabbatari has been keeping the focus on New Orleans in her blog for the National Book Critics’ Circle. She interviews Tom here: bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com/2006/08/thinking-about-new-orleans-5.html
- Tom was one of the voices in the recent PBS American Experience documentary on New Orleans. You can watch the entire show online here: www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/program/index.html
- Tom’s booklet notes to the Criterion Collection’s DVD of Federico Fellini’s classic I Vitelloni are here: www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=246&eid=370§ion=essay
- Tom also wrote the notes for Criterion’s DVD of William Dieterle’s film The Devil & Daniel Webster, readable here: www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=214&eid=326§ion=essay
- In the spring of 2005 Tom interviewed the saxophonist and composer Benny Golson live onstage at Loyola University. His introduction and interview are here: www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/benny+golson+introduction+by+tom+piazza
- Bob Dylan chose Tom to write an essay on him for the 1997 Kennedy Center Honors commemorative booklet. PBS posted the essay here: www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/dylan/index_essay.html
- Tom put together an imaginary soundtrack for his novel MY COLD WAR at the music-and-literary blog largeheartedboy.com, here: www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2005/07/book_notes_tom_2.html
- The always-interesting Chicago magazine STOP SMILING interviewed Tom about the state of New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina, here: www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=851
- To read Toms August 2002 Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure article about Bob Dylans return to the Newport Folk Festival, go to: www.truthout.org/docs_02/07.29F.piazza.dylan.htm
- Greil Marcus had nice words to say about Toms summer 2001 Oxford American article on blues singer Charley Patton; scroll down to Number 5 on Marcuss Top Ten of 2001 on Salon.com: archive.salon.com/ent/col/marc/2001/08/20/marcus51/
- Toms 1997 New York Times article about Harry Smiths Anthology of American Folk Music is reprinted at: expectingrain.com/dok/cd/97/anthology.html
- A nice interview with Tom, about True Adventures With The King of Bluegrass, can be found at the Vanderbilt University Press website: www.vanderbilt.edu/vupress/piazza3.html
- Ray Sawhill wrote an interesting dual review of Toms 1997 collection of jazz pieces, Blues Up & Down, along with Eric Nissensons Blue for Salon: www.salon.com/books/sneaks/1997/10/31review.html
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