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“WhateverTom Piazza creates is handled with wonder." —Douglas BrinkleyAcclaimed writer Tom Piazza uses hisprize-earning novel City of Refuge and the article-Katrinaclassic Why New Orleans Matters with a powerful selection ofessays and literature about American music and American personality, in DevilSent the Rain.“TomPiazza’s publishing is loaded with power, and with sensitive, informative phrases forthe amazing and irascible, from Jimmy Martin to Norman Mailer. Timeagain, Piazza and period recognizes the improbable, valuable contacts between artwork, recentevents, characters, and audio; through his terms, these byways of popularculture offer an unexpected way of measuring the times.” —Elvis Costello