Arts grantmaker living in Austin, TX. Jazz, museums, pre-Kurtzman Star Trek, so forth and such as. Also in the fediverse at @5easypieces@social.coop.
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The true story of The White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon's White House, …
As someone who's read more than his share of Watergate tell-alls, this one is fun, but mostly non-essential. Some interesting glimpses into Nixon's life immediately after the presidency, which is a bit unusual, but otherwise forgettable.
This was a lot of fun. A bit more of a social history of the 70s and 80s than a straight architectural exploration, but still quite enjoyable.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, comes …
So. Good. Finished it and immediately started over again.
Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip …
I felt like I never really understood what this book was about the whole time I was reading it, and yet I found it strangely compelling. I got sad as I saw the end of the book approaching. I think I'll be returning to this one.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, comes …
File under "things I can't ever know enough about, for some damn reason."
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at …
From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes …
Yeeeeah, this was so much better than a silly little show-biz book like this had any right to be.
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of …
This book was fabulous. Well-researched and compelling, it doubles as a history of Detroit in addition to a study of both the musical and social importance of Dilla himself.
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of …
Quick update: this book rules.
Frustrated by her current relationship, trans lesbian Maria Griffiths decides to change her life by …
Adding this to my queue based on this article: www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/07/nevada-imogen-binnie-reissue-bookselling-labor/661482/
A beautifully written and original biography of one of the greatest and most popular of modern composers--which also deeply investigates …
A beautifully written and original biography of one of the greatest and most popular of …
A bit more of a slog than I would have liked. There are occasional moments of real insight here, but mostly the book feels like neither fish nor fowl—not technical enough to read as a thorough analysis, but also without enough biographical detail to really bring Debussy alive as a person. Nice, but hardly definitive.
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled …
A breezy, fun(ish, given some of the subject matter) read. The resolution of the book hinges, somewhat, on a twist that is revealed near the end, and I must confess that I was finding the book far more satisfying up to the point that the twist was revealed. It just felt a bit too “plotty” to me in a book that otherwise revels in nice details.
