To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee If I had to choose 5 books that not only represents the canon of American literature—while also defining what America is for someone who only had a remedial knowledge of our country—To Kill A Mockingbird easily cracks that list for me.[1] It might be the perfect American novel, [...]
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July 27, 2010
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Unnecessary Analogies, Porn References, and Dick Jokes Edition
By MDS in NonfictionThe Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons There is only one word I can use to properly describe The Book of Basketball, the latest book from ESPN’s The Sports Guy (Bill Simmons): maddening. His maddening use of long-winded metaphors (David Robinson is like a maître d’ at a really fancy, upscale restaurant who happens to [...]
