Sunday, February 16, 2014

IV - Chuck Klosterman (2007)

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In April of 2008, I reviewed Killing Yourself to Live   as the 6th review on Flying Houses.  I have just re-read that post, and I am almos...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Lawyer Boy: A Case Study on Growing Up - Rick Lax (2008)

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"Write what you know." That is the advice most writing teachers give.  Or at least that was the popular wisdom back in the lat...
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Friday, December 20, 2013

The Big Short - Michael Lewis (2011)

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The Big Short is a tough book to review for the same reasons it must have been a tough book to write.  On the one hand it is certainly we...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Special Comment: I will say this twice

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First of all, I'd like to apologize.  I haven't written a post in what, two months?  And no hiatus message?  Clearly, other things h...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Special Comment: Chicago Cubs 2013 Report Card

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Today I was perusing some old posts and I came across this one .  It was written nearly two years ago and I have not written on the Cubs...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

We All Sleep in the Same Room - Paul Rome (2013)

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That said we never had a creative writing class together, and had we, I would have included him on the short list of best student writers ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1965)

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I first read God Bless You, Dr. Rosewater when I was a junior or senior in high school, on the recommendation of a classmate.  I have not...
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