Happy Independence Day, fellow Americans! Happy Birthday, Ron Kovic! Kovic’s memoir has been on my mind to read since I saw Oliver Stone’s 1989 movie adaptation of his story staring Tom Cruise. Earlier this year I picked up a 1977… Read More ›
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Today is National Coming Out Day!
Since 1988 National Coming Out Day has been celebrated on October 11th in the USA and on October 12th in the UK. It’s a day to celebrate coming out of the darkness of the literal or metaphorical closet, and to… Read More ›
War & Restrepo by Sebastian Junger
WARSebastian JungerHachette Book Group, 2010ISBN: 978-0-446-55624-8 I’ve been puzzled by this book since I read it in February. Shortly after finishing the book, I attended an engaging lecture by Sebastian Junger at Elmhurst College (February 20, 2011). I thought his… Read More ›
All That is Bitter & Sweet by Ashley Judd
Ashley Juddwith Maryanne Vollers All That is Bitter & SweetBallantine Books, April 2011ISBN 978-0-345-52361-7432 pages Autobiographies and memoirs by “stars” are not my cup of tea. I’m pretty sure the last one I read was Barbara Mandrell’s Get to the… Read More ›