Category Archive: Biography

Book Review: Damn You, Scarlett O’Hara by Darwin Porter and Roy Moseley

Six hundred and fifty page celebrity biographies are my idea of a reading challenge.    While I was of course familiar with Vivien Leigh from her iconic performance as Scarlett in Gone With… Read More

Book Review: Paradise by Larry McMurtry

A review of Larry McMurtry’s 2002 book Paradise.

Book Review: Literary Life– A Second Memoir by Larry McMurtry

An enthusiastic review of the book Literary Life A Second Memoir by Larry McMurtry.

Teaser Tuesday: Literary Life–A Second Memoir by Larry McMurtry

A Teaser Tuesday post on Literary Life–A Second Memoir by Larry McMurtry.

Book Review: Animal Magnetism by Rita Mae Brown

A review of the memoir Animal Magnetism by Rita Mae Brown.

Book Review: Step By Step by Lawrence Block

A review of Step By Step: A Pedestrian Memoir by Lawrence Block

Book Review : Lost in the Meritocracy by Walter Kirn

The story of a man who went to school and college and learned how to drink and drug and lost most of what he knew. And learned only how to work the systems to look smarter than he was.

Book Review: Not Just The Levees Broke by Phyllis Montana-Leblanc

A review of the book Not Just The Levees Broke by Phyllis Montana-Leblanc. I have reviewed Katrina memoirs before and said I was waiting for the definitive one to come along. Is this it?

Three Cups Of Tea

A review of the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, the featured book in the Pierce County Reads 2009 program.

Tagliapietra Creole

I have to confess that even though it is quite nearby I’ve never visited Tacoma’s Museum of Glass. So when I happened upon Lino Tagliapietra In Retrospect at the check in desk awhile… Read More

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