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Book Review: In the Pleasure Groove by John Taylor
I’m going to come clean right away and admit I have a bias in reviewing In The Pleasure Groove by John Taylor. I’m a card-carrying Duranie. Literally, when I was a teen I had packs of those bubble gum...
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Book Review: Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap Stories by Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap Stories is a memoir book by the famous rocker. Randy Bachman, a musician from Winnipeg who was in the Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and other bands, tells about his...
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An Interview with Trish Thorpe On Her Life And Her Just Released Memoir Fisheye
I was amazed to find that Trish Thorpe’s recently published autobiography – Fisheye: A Memoir _ is out of stock on Amazon (more on the way!), meaning the demand overshot the anticipated supply. Tell us...
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Book Review: The Journals of Spalding Gray, Edited by Nell Casey
Spalding Gray spent most of his career sharing the intimate details of his life with the public. His monologues covered topics from sex to his experiences as an actor, to his surgery for a “macular...
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Book Review: With Robert Lowell and His Circle by Kathleen Spivack
I’ve written the occasional poem, but under no circumstances would I ever consider myself a poet. There’s a world of difference between writing a poem and being a poet. However, trying to articulate...
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Book Review: It Doesn’t Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman...
It Doesn’t Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf is a gripping book, originally published in 1993. Recently we have lost this great man and I decided to revisit the book,...
View ArticleBook Review: By the Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life by Ramona Koval
There’s something so engaging about Ramona Koval. It’s not entirely down to her extraordinary intelligence, her warmth, or even her absolute love of books: a perception of the world through words that...
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Book Review: Me on Me by Jan Gero
Me on Me by Jan Gero is a small collection of seven stories that the author has borrowed from journals that he wrote over a period of fifty years. These stories cover events that took place when he was...
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TV Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Behind the Candelabra
Most notorious for being the movie that was too “gay” for mainstream Hollywood studios to release, Steven Soderbergh’s take on the tempestous relationship between Liberace and his young...
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Book Review: Alana Stewart’s Rearview Mirror
This is a compelling memoir that has so many important lessons to teach all women. Alana’s story is a testament to the fact that we can all face our past and move past it and learn some important...
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Book Review: ‘I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp’ by Richard Hell
Where do ideas come from? How does an individual up with an idea that starts a whole movement? Does he or she think it up in a momentary flash of brilliance which causes them to have some sort of...
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Book Review: ‘Don’t Give up, You Can Make It If You Try, You Can Win’ by Joe...
Joe Simon used to be one of the great rhythm and blues artists of American pop music. He won a Grammy for his song “The Chokin’ Kind” and was nominated for a number of other awards. He garnered gold...
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Book Review: With Robert Lowell and His Circle by Kathleen Spivack
I’ve written the occasional poem, but under no circumstances would I ever consider myself a poet. There’s a world of difference between writing a poem and being a poet. However, trying to articulate...
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Book Review: It Doesn’t Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman...
It Doesn’t Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf is a gripping book, originally published in 1993. Recently we have lost this great man and I decided to revisit the book,...
View ArticleBook Review: By the Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life by Ramona Koval
There’s something so engaging about Ramona Koval. It’s not entirely down to her extraordinary intelligence, her warmth, or even her absolute love of books: a perception of the world through words that...
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Book Review: Me on Me by Jan Gero
Me on Me by Jan Gero is a small collection of seven stories that the author has borrowed from journals that he wrote over a period of fifty years. These stories cover events that took place when he was...
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Book Review: ‘Buck ‘Em!: The Autobiography of Buck Owens’ by Buck Owens and...
During the 1990s Buck Owens spent nearly 100 hours recording his life story on cassette tapes. Randy Poe sorted through all those tapes and put the stories in chronological order, but insists that he...
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘A Matter of Life’ by Jeffrey Brown
An alt comics artist as comfortable in the realm of commercial kid-friendly entertainments (Darth Vader and Son) as he is more personalized autobiographical fare, Jeffrey Brown tackles the core issues...
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Book Review: It Doesn’t Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman...
It Doesn’t Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf is a gripping book, originally published in 1993. Recently we have lost this great man and I decided to revisit the book,...
View ArticleBook Review: By the Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life by Ramona Koval
There’s something so engaging about Ramona Koval. It’s not entirely down to her extraordinary intelligence, her warmth, or even her absolute love of books: a perception of the world through words that...
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