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Category: Read in 2018

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden is an immaculate American narrative that spans decades in the lives of the Hamiltons and the Trasks … More

america, bible, biblical, california, good versus evil, identity, Relationships, romance, timshel, war

When The Men Were Gone by Marjorie Herrera Lewis

Marjorie Herrera Lewis’ brilliant debut is a novelization of the true story of Tylene Wilson, a high school teacher who defies the … More

community, Football, High School, High School Football, Leadership, Marjorie Herrera Lewis, MFA, Sports, Sports Literature, Tylene Wilson, Women, World War II, WWII

Idaho by Emily Ruskovich and Black Dandy #2

I was asked to read Idaho by one of Ruskovich’s colleagues and another one of her mentors who both mentored … More

Addy Evenson, Andrew Lynch, Black Dandy, Book Review, Chris Kuriata, Colorado, Emily Ruskovich, Family, Idaho, James Rowland, Jay Caselberg, Jennifer Benningfield, Matthew Lyons, Michelle Willms, Postmodern, Review, Soramimi Hanarejima, speculative fiction, Thomas Kearnes, Tom Weller

The Tender Bar by J.R.Moehringer

The modern approach to the genre of memoir has become a strange examination on the fragility of the genre itself. … More

The Debut by Anita Brookner

It would be no surprise to me to find that Wes Anderson took some of his more quirky, melancholic characters … More

Balzac, Brookner, divorce, Drama, Family, Literature, Marriage

Moonglow by Michael Chabon

A spectacular blooming-lily of a book, Moonglow takes Chabon’s grandfather’s complicated and hazy-bordered personal family history and reinterprets it through the lens of … More

Book, Chabon, Family, Oral History, v2

Troublemaker by Leah Remini

I read Remini’s momoir after finishing up Jenna Miscavage Hill’s memoir about growing up in the Sea Org, “Beyond Belief.” I have also … More

Clear, King of Queens, Miscavage, Remini, Scientology, Tom Cruise

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