On Manager Alan Walden’s Rough and Tumble Music Memoir, ‘Southern Man’
Alan Walden’s Southern Man tells the lively tale of promoting music from the turbulent American South with Otis Redding and his brother Phil of Capricon Studios.
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Memoir and Criticism in Matthew Specktor’s ‘Always Crashing the Same Car’
As a critic of both films and literature, Matthew Specktor has a balanced touch that keeps the scales even in his memoir, Always Crashing in the Same Car.
Shiori Ito and the ‘Black Box’ of Sexual Assault in Japan
Shiori Ito’s memoir ‘Black Box’ smashes open the legal norms that box in sexual assault victim’s rights in Japan and drags the system’s misogyny into the light.
Astrophysicist Sara Seager’s Memoir Uses the Dark to Find the Light
Astrophysicist Sara Seager’s memoir illuminates an astute practitioner of metaphor as a form of reasoning, illustration, and artful emotional resonance.
The Women-Led Slave Revolts Every American Needs to Learn About
In the graphic novel ‘Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts’, Rebecca Hall puts flesh on the bones of American history.
Playwright and Director James Lapine Puts It Together with Composer Stephen Sondheim
Wouldn’t you like to read a marvelous story about the creation of the fabled musical, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s ‘Sunday in the Park with George’?
Saturday Night Live’s Laraine Newman Lived in Interesting Times
How much coke would a Conehead snort if a Conehead did snort coke? A lot says Laraine Newman in her memoir about her early days at Saturday Night Live.
Puerto Rican American Memoir, ‘My Broken Language’ Speaks Multilingually
Quiara Alegría Hudes reckons with the dissonance of a multilingual narrative in her memoir, My Broken Language.
Talib Kweli Tells His Story along with a History of Hip-Hop and New York City
Talib Kweli’s memoir, Vibrate Higher, is an excellent documentation of hip-hop’s history, New York City in the ’80s and the life of this exceptionally talented man.
‘Louder Than Bombs’ Argues That Wherever Music Exists, War Exists
Music, correspondent Ed Vulliamy argues in his memoir, ‘Louder Than Bombs’, evokes the same emotions as war.
Vanessa Springora’s Memoir, ‘Consent’, Confronts Child Predators and Their Enablers
French writer and publisher Vanessa Springora brings childrens’ rights to the fore in her memoir, ‘Consent’.
‘Lost Maya Cities’ Digs into the Nitty-Gritty of Archaeology
Slovenian archeologist Ivan Sprajc's memoir, Lost Maya Cities, is a pleasant read but it could have dug deeper.