If you are left not particularly looking to extend your acquaintance with the poet, that isn't the biographer's fault.
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Book Review: He Is… I Say – How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Neil Diamond by David Wild
This love letter to Neil Diamond is also in many ways a book about music criticism itself. Damn you, David Wild!
Read More »Book Review: Crosby Stills & Nash – The Biography (Updated 40th Anniversary Edition) by Dave Zimmer With Photographs by Henry Diltz
For both CSN&Y fans and students of American music history, the updated version of CSN's biography is an essential read.
Read More »Book Review: Singled Out – How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson
There's much to admire in the oral histories, captured at the last possible moment.
Read More »Interview with C.W. Gortner, Author of The Last Queen
"My muse is fickle; she tends to tease me with ideas, get me fired up and then desert me when I need her the most."
Read More »Book Review: Frida’s Bed by Slavenka Drakulic
Offers insights into Frida's work and life that will give you an even deeper understanding of what drove her to create in the first place.
Read More »Book Review: Blood River – A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart by Tim Butcher
Takes you gently through the 20th-century horror ride that is the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read More »Interview with Mike Cox, Author of The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900
"...as a newspaperman, I quickly learned to write no matter how I felt because I had to if I wanted to stay employed."
Read More »Movie Review: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Based on the French memoir of the same name, this memorable film, full of layered visuals and unique POV shots, grips you with hope and imagination.
Read More »Book Review: To Live’s to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt by John Kruth
Townes Van Zandt chose to pursue a life of wine, women, and most importantly, his unwavering dedication to song.
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