Famed California Attorney Joseph Cotchett Dissects the State of the American Landscape
THE PEOPLE VS GREED. Joseph W. Cotchett. Patsons Press. Guys as successful as Joseph Cotchett rarely rock the boat. Rather, they choose to sit silent, rest on their laurels, and … Continue reading
Mary Astor’s Purple Diary
MARY ASTOR’S PURPLE DIARY: THE GREAT AMERICAN SEX SCANDAL OF 1936. Edward Sorel. Norton & Company. By page eleven—which happens to be the first page of the text—the self evident … Continue reading
A Place Reserved For Angels: Dylan At the Royal Albert Hall
THE REAL ROYAL ALBERT HALL 1966 CONCERT. Bob Dylan. Columbia/Legacy. For years, some fans thought they already had the famous Royal Albert Hall concert in their possession. But they were … Continue reading
The Physiology of Mirrors
FOREVER WORDS: THE UNKNOWN POEMS. Johnny Cash. Blue Rider Press. …the dogs are in the woods And the huntin’ looks good Johnny Cash (Page 46) My father had many faces. … Continue reading
Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize: Two Sides of the Story
Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Is Both Shocking and Deserved Because this year wasn’t weird enough, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature this morning. It wasn’t exactly a … Continue reading
Agnes Obel’s New Citizen of Glass
CITIZEN OF GLASS. Agnes Obel. PIAS America. When the first notes of “Citizen of Glass” sounded, I thought for a moment that I had started up a Lana del Ray … Continue reading
Sometimes Brilliant
SOMETIMES BRILLIANT. Larry Brilliant. Harper One. The Indian people love puns. The more subtle and intellectual the pun, the better. It’s considered the highest artistry to lay a pun that … Continue reading
Oxford University Press Explores the Many Faces of World History
1777: TIPPING POINT AT SARATOGA. Dean Snow. Oxford University Press. Historian/Archaeologist Dean Snow takes the 33 days of the Saratoga campaign (widely remembered as the tipping point when British power … Continue reading
September Spotlight
THE SWARM. Volume One of the Second Formic War. Orson Scott Card. Aaron Johnston. TOR. The Fall season emerges with this notable novel from Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston. … Continue reading
Electric Review 