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Review: The Art of Running: Learning to Run Like a Greek by Andrea Marcolongo
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The inspiring story of how one of Europe’s most original and compelling classicist learned to run—and live—like a Greek Much has changed since the day in 490 BCE when the indefatigable Athenian herald Philippides … Continue reading
Review: There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America While Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed author, a … Continue reading
Review: Sonic Life by Thurston Moore
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author’s life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, … Continue reading
Review: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly Stone
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses of the last century, decides to finally tell hislife story, it can’t be called anything else. As … Continue reading
Review: Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson
Buy Here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself. On Good Friday in 1953, … Continue reading
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