by Site Owner | Jun 9, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs
By Pico Iyer Alfred A. Knopf, $25.95, 238 pages The Man Within My Head by Pico Iyer is a memoir wrapped inside a semi-biographical glimpse into the life and literature of Graham Greene. The premise is that we all carry people inside our heads who sometimes seem closer...
by Site Owner | Jun 1, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Music
By Buddy Guy with David Ritz Da Capo Press, $26.00, 267 pages Most of the great musicians who established Chicago as the blues capital of the world are gone now, but the legendary Buddy Guy lives on. Many call him the greatest blues guitarist of all time, up there...
by Site Owner | May 31, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Film, TV & Theater
By Spike Lee and Jason Matloff AMMO Books, $39.95, 360 pages In 1989, when Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing was released, it was groundbreaking. It remains one of the most important and controversial films of its era because of its raw honesty about race and class...
by Site Owner | May 23, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Short Stories
By Nathan Englander Knopf, $24.95, 207 pages I often feel the same way about short stories as I do about life: the quantities are small, and it’s all over so quickly. This is especially true when it comes to Nathan Englander. I love his short stories – his first...
by Site Owner | May 20, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Music
By Loretta Lynn Alfred A. Knopf, $29.95, 224 pages Loretta Lynn is the real country deal. Her rags-to-riches story was made famous in her 1976 best-selling memoir, Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner’s Daughter, which was made into an Oscar-winning film. She was the first woman...