Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin My rating: 1 of 5 stars There are already a lot of reviews on goodreads.com on this book, so I’ll be brief. The book reveals the least likable memoirist I have ever read:…
Book Review: Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy My rating: 1 of 5 stars I think this book is terrible, and I’m abandoning it at 58% complete. There is so much good stuff to read in the world, I don’t want to waste any…
Book Review: M-Train by Patti Smith
M Train by Patti Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars I believe that an appreciation for Ms. Smith’s writing is an acquired taste. As I was composing this review as I read along, I long thought that I would…
Spring Reading Roundup
A few notes on the Spring’s reads: Hold Still (Sally Mann) When Hold Still was announced, I knew I would be reading it. I got my copy pretty much right away. I knew her as the photographer of some of…
The Death of Creativity
Book Review: The Death of Santini Pat Conroy If you don’t hang on each word emitted by Pat Conroy, there are couple of important things to know: 1) The Great Santini (the Dad) died about 15 years ago. 2) Pat…
New Year’s Fitness: MyFitnessPal.com and Racing Weight
It’s a great time to be alive: we have ubiquitous connectivity to ubiquitous storage and reference. Apps of fabulous utility are everywhere, making it easier to track some of the critical variables in your life. At the extreme, life blogging…
Cool Discovery: The Les Miserables Screenplay
It’s right here. I’m not saying it was a big sleuth effort to find it, but I guess I was surprised.[1] I know I paid real money for the Brian’s Song screenplay when I was in junior high. The whole…
Encroachment: Books, Movies, and the Imagination
I have a crush on Stephanie Plum. She’s the hero of Jan Evanovich’s novel series about a Jersey chick trying to be a bounty hunter. There are eighteen books in the main series now; I’ve read five. It is light…
Book Review: Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage
Book Review: Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist Paul Kimmage In about 1970, Jim Bouton did the unthinkable: he told the world what major league baseball was really like in his book Ball Four: My Life and Hard…
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Book Review: I Like You Amy Sedaris One of the things that interests me about the Sedarises (Sedari?) is they grew up just two or so neighborhoods to the north of where I grew up. David is my brother’s age…