To this day, The Duke and I remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my writing took a huge leap forward.
JP shouted, "TELL THEM WHAT YOU JUST DID TO EACH OTHER!" "Um," I said. "We kissed," the Duke said. "That's kinda gay," Keun said. "I AM A GIRL." "Yeah, I know, but so is Tobin," Keun said.
To get elected as a Democrat, it's hard to be from the city. It's hard to be a graduate of Duke University.
You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to lots of jazz, actually.
I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.
The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. “Have you ever done this before?” “Set up someone by pretending to be someone else? Sure. Pretended to get killed? Not so much.