Con Chapman

Con Chapman is a Boston-area writer, author of "Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges" (Oxford University Press), winner of the 2019 Book of the Year award of the Hot Club de France; "Kansas City Jazz: A Little Evil Will Do You Good" (Equinox), "Don Byas: Sax Expat" (University Press of Mississippi); and "Queer Street: The Curious Connection Between Boxing and the Homoerotic," forthcoming from The Lutterworth Press in 2026. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald and a number of literary magazines.