PositiveBookPageThough its historical wanderings read as windingly as one of Keaton’s famous chase scenes, Camera Man redeems details from Keaton’s life that previous biographers have misread or glossed over ... Like the handsome, stone-faced performer himself, Camera Man has wide appeal. General readers, history buffs and deep-cut Keaton historians alike will laugh, cry and marvel at both the world of Buster Keaton and the effect he had on cinema.
Mary Gauthier
RaveBookPage\"Starting with the song’s lyrics, Gauthier recounts her personal connection to the song through concrete, accessible personal narrative. By the end of each chapter, readers have gained a behind-the-scenes scoop on the real-life experiences that influenced the song and a wise takeaway for their own lives ... Alongside these gems from her lifelong study of creative practice—think Anne Lamott meets Julia Cameron meets Patti Smith—Gauthier also shares all the gory details of her recovery from addiction, plus quotations from the artists and writers who influenced her own development ... Anyone who can still write from the heart about writing from the heart after being in the music business as long as Gauthier has is the real deal. Her book invites seasoned artists to deeper authenticity, new artists to deeper craft and all readers to deeper self-reflection.
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Walter Thompson-Hernandez
PositiveBookPageIn some ways, The Compton Cowboys is a totally different take on the cowboy way of life, but at its heart is the recognizable hope that human goodness will triumph over inequality ... Thompson-Hernández’s integration of research into readable prose makes room for readers to grapple with the book’s toughest questions about bias, inequality and the future of the black cowboy tradition.
Joanne McNeil
PositiveBookPage... a thoughtful exploration of the development of technology, online identity and the essential elements of humanness that make it all possible ... True to McNeil’s style, Lurking poses more questions than answers, giving readers a wide berth to wrestle with their own opinions ... strikes an impressive balance of insider tech-talk and universal human connection, though true techies will have an obvious leg up with the nuances of internet-specific examples ... The author proposes concrete safeguards for building a better internet.
Aarti Namdev Shahani
PositiveBookPageThe author graciously avoids black-and-white answers to difficult questions. How can two members from the same family have such opposite experiences in America? What does it mean to make it? Who really belongs here? A worthy addition to immigration discourse, this book is a raw and engaging glimpse into the challenges immigrant families face that are either too traumatic or mundane to land on the news.
Julian Smith and David Wolman
RaveBookPageIn Aloha Rodeo, David Wolman and Julian Smith answer...questions with...engaging, thorough prose ... The narratives are so wild, in fact, that they often read like fiction ... Aloha Rodeo blows open a canyon of inclusionary cowboy history as wide as the Rio Grande.
