https://rb.gy/9arc1d I couldn’t put this book down. And the problem is…if I tell you anything about the plot, it will ruin it. First and foremost it’s an easy read. Not “simple,” but “contemporary.” No airs. Rufi Thorpe does have an MFA, but from Virginia, she’s not a product of the Iowa Workshop, which Hannah in […]

He’s got a new autobiography, “What a Fool Believes.” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-mcdonald/id1316200737?i=1000661890048       https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/597742ac-cba4-41cf-b4e2-103e6b60227c/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-michael-mcdonald  

https://t.ly/qKpqg This is for all of you who complain too many books are bummers. You know David Nicholls. Probably through “One Day.” It was a movie and now a series on Netflix. Not that I’ve seen either. I rarely watch a production of something I’ve read, it’s too compressed, it’s not the vision I have […]

https://t.ly/5zw97 This is a wild book. What do I know about Miranda July? That she was part of the riot grrrl scene, that she was more than a musician, a performance artist, and although exalted, she lived on the fringe of commerciality. Which delivered a ton of credibility, then again it was not easy for […]