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From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America. ""[A] brilliant and courageous book."" —Dr. Cornel West Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic...

It was a Roaring Twenties fatal attraction. Nettie Herskovitz was wealthy and widowed when she met Harry Diamond. The attentive, irresistibly sexy twenty-three-year-old suitor would become Nettie's fifth husband. He was also a bootlegger, pimp, and first-class hustler who thought he'd wed a goldmine. What Harry found instead was a fiercely independent older woman who was nobody's fool for long.

Step into the unknown with Corners of Curiosity, the podcast where we dive into history, true crime, and the strange corners of culture that don’t always make the headlines. I’m Jazz, and each week I explore eerie stories, unsolved mysteries, and the curious tales that keep us up at night. Whether you’re commuting, chilling at home, or late-night scrolling, this is your front-row seat to the weird, the wild, and the thought-provoking. Subscribe and join me as we uncover the stories hiding in plain sight.

Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names—businessmen, socialites, gangsters. And something else—a letter from an anti-corruption commission established by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Colored is a weekly podcast that puts a primary focus on the true crime cases of Black and Brown people to help spread their stories.

This is Sisterhood Sit-In: Podcast featuring Jeannine A. Cook and Minista Jazz.  Take a literary journey through time and space with The Cook Sisters as they attempt to perform the ultimate social exorcism.  A true crime mystery meets magical realism experience where literature is the source code. Reimagine your favorite stories from authors such as Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, and Octavia E. Butler in a Sisterhood SIt-In.