How has the loneliness become somehow ingrained into our way of life? The solitary cowboy on the range... the laugh-tracks that keep us watching our favorite shows "with an audience..." and now a pandemic that kept us in four walls for an entire year. Radtke's book is far-reaching and gives the reader a great range... Continue Reading →
Show Them You’re Good: A Portrait of Boys in the City of Angels the Year Before College
Blurb: The bestselling, critically acclaimed, award-winning author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace presents a brilliant and transcendent work that closely follows four Los Angeles high school boys as they apply to college. Four teenage boys are high school seniors at two very different schools within the city of Los Angeles, the second largest... Continue Reading →
Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes–A Memoir Kindle Edition by Steve Gorman
I was 14 when Shake Your Money Maker came out... If you're able to wear out a CD, I'm pretty sure I did. It was the vocals, the guitars, the drums, and just the craziness of Chris Robinson. I listened and sang along and pretty much just rocked out for hours and hours. And when... Continue Reading →
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vailant
It's been a long time since I've read a nonfiction book. I've read a couple nonfiction graphic novels, but not a full-length piece of writing. My routine before I started blogging was reading one fiction followed by a nonfiction book. Like my students like to say, 'I like to read about things that are real!'... Continue Reading →
Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy by Daniel G. Newman, Illustrated by George O’Connor
Unrig is a nonfiction graphic novel that provides a step-by-step plan for people to get involved in our system of laws, voting, and governmental action. Told with engaging pictures and the immediacy of the 2nd person voice, this book would be a perfect for a young or old activist trying to find their way into... Continue Reading →