DAVID MARGOLICK long reported on legal affairs for The New York Times, where he wrote the weekly "At the Bar" column and covered, among other stories, the trial of O. J. Simpson. He was then a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. His many books include Beyond GloryJoe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink; Strange FruitThe Biography of a Song; DreadfulThe Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns; and Elizabeth and HazelTwo Women of Little Rock. He lives in New York City.