Jimmy Maxwell: Getting Through Cancer with Music and Myth

Jimmy Maxwell is a pianist and band leader based in New Orleans who has played a central role in organizing the music of Mardi Gras for decades. He is also a lover of myth and has recently become the audio archivist for the Joseph Campbell foundation.

Jimmy's Reading List:

The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Murkherjee

The Gene by Siddhartha Murkherjee

The Hero With a 1000 Faces by Joseph Campbell

Thou Art That by Joseph Campbell

The Inner Reaches of Outer Space by Joseph Campbell

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

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