This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Richard Schickel’s Keepers: The Greatest Films–and Personal Favorites–of a Moviegoing Lifetime (Alfred A. Knopf, 2015) is a book a cinephile… Read more “A Review of Keepers by Richard Schickel”
Category: NF Reviews
A Review of The Horror of It All by Adam Rockoff
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Adam Rockoff comes off as something of a cad in his newest book The Horror of It all: One… Read more “A Review of The Horror of It All by Adam Rockoff”
The Review of The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Early in Maggie Nelson’s thunderclap of a memoir The Argonauts the author quotes French philosopher Roland Barthes: “‘I love you’… Read more “The Review of The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson”
Brew Better Beer: Learn (and Break) The Rules for Making IPAs, Sours, Pilsners, Stouts, Lagers, and More by Emma Christensen
I’ve loved craft beer a long time, and as my palette and nose have improved I’ve felt an increasing urge to brew my own beer. I’m not… Read more “Brew Better Beer: Learn (and Break) The Rules for Making IPAs, Sours, Pilsners, Stouts, Lagers, and More by Emma Christensen”
Don’t You Forget: A Review of Kirk Honeycutt’s John Hughes: A Life in Film
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. No other filmmaker has ever better understood and better captured the experience of being a teenager in America than John… Read more “Don’t You Forget: A Review of Kirk Honeycutt’s John Hughes: A Life in Film”
A Review of Sera Beak’s Red Hot & Holy
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. There are book reviews that are relatively easy to write. I’ve written about poetry books that have knocked me… Read more “A Review of Sera Beak’s Red Hot & Holy”
A Review of Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. You don’t lose your faith all at once. You lose it as a series of small concessions… Read more “A Review of Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans”
Beer for All Seasons by Randy Mosher
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. Randy Mosher might be the best beer writer alive today, having inherited the mantle from the late,… Read more “Beer for All Seasons by Randy Mosher”
A Review Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events by Carl Rollyson
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. Over half a century after her untimely death at age thirty-six Marilyn Monroe still captivates screen audiences… Read more “A Review Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events by Carl Rollyson”
Roger Ebert, Teacher
This essay first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. I own a lot of books, and I own a lot of movies. It would be hard… Read more “Roger Ebert, Teacher”
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