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12 Jan 2010

The Harvard Psychedelic Club by Don Lattin

harvard psychedelic clubI had a few problems with what was otherwise and interesting, edifying read.  

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12 January, 2010 at 23:55 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: drugs, history, medicine, pop culture, psychology, religion
Posted in Creative Nonfiction | 6 Comments »

15 Dec 2009

A Link to a Short Review

Why, is this me compiling a list of reasons to read or not to read Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson?

15 December, 2009 at 13:27 by J.T. Oldfield

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30 Sep 2009

Everything Sucks by Hannah Friedman

everyhing-sucksThe grass isn’t greener on the otherside.  But that never stops people from hopping the fence.  Hannah Friedman grew up with a monkey for a sister.  Literally.  How cool is that?  Apparently not so cool when you are known as “monkey girl” for ever and ever and step on monkey shit and are outdone by a creature that eats spaghetti with her toes.

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30 September, 2009 at 15:53 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: autobiography/memoir, coming of age, education, female authors, humor, pop culture
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29 Sep 2009

The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

967-1I have mixed feelings about this book.  Mixed feelings about the way it was written and its content.

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29 September, 2009 at 21:52 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: Asian/Asian-American, autobiography/memoir, coming of age, economics, education, female authors, Middle Easten/Middle Eastern American, politics, religion
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8 Jul 2009

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

into the wildSo, there’s this guy, Chris “Alex Supertramp” McCandless, and he’s kinda emo, ’cause he overdosed on Tolstoy, Thereau, and London.  He’s pissed at his parents (keep in mind that despite my emo reference this IS 1990) so after he graduates, he donates his 24K to charity (money that a relative had left him for his education), cuts off all ties to his family, and lives in the desert.  But that’s not enough for him.  As I said, he read a lot of London, so he goes to live in Alaska, with a cheap tent and home made sleeping bag, and there he dies.  

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8 July, 2009 at 18:46 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: adventure, coming of age, lit crit, mystery, philosophy, politics
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24 Jun 2009

The Chess Artist by J.C. Hallman

the chess artistMy brother-in-law bought this book thinking it was a guide to playing chess.  He wasn’t wrong, per se.  It is about chess, about chess theory, about different moves, with fantastical sounding names.  And while you might pick up some new mad skillz, you’d have to be a far better chess player than I, who knows only how to castle and walk the pieces, in order to do so.

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24 June, 2009 at 15:43 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: games, history, politics, religion, travel
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22 Jun 2009

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

sex drugs and cocoa puffsAre you Gen X?  IF the answer is yes, then you will love this book, and find it hilarious, see yourself mirrored in its image, and pass it on to all of your contemporaries.  If the answer is no, because you were born BEFORE Gen Xers, you might giggle at the humor of the book, but more likely, you will wonder about the future of the country and which of your children have done what drugs.  If you were born AFTER Gen Xers, you will LOL, see the occasional similarity between your own life and culture and theirs, but mostly wonder what the hell Klosterman is talking about and why anyone should care.

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22 June, 2009 at 9:44 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: Gen X, humor, Music, pop culture, porn
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1 Jun 2009

Maus I & II by Art Spiegelman

mausI remember my sister having the first one over fifteen years ago.  She was still living at home and going to college, which would make me…  Let’s say 8.  I wanted to look at them because they were cartoons, and she explained to me that they were about the Holocaust.  I tried to read them anyways, but soon grew bored.

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1 June, 2009 at 17:55 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: autobiography/memoir, graphic novels, history, politics, religion, war
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22 May 2009

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris

dakotaI’m probably biased in saying this, but when it comes to spiritual writing (of the non-self help variety, for which there is nothing good) Kathleen Norris is better than Ann Lamott times infinity.

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22 May, 2009 at 12:02 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: autobiography/memoir, economics, female authors, humor, religion
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19 May 2009

Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni

lipstick jihadI just finished this book today.  I have a lot to say about it.  The first thing though, is that I highly recommend it–especially for book clubs.  It’s a book that you’ll want to discuss.

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19 May, 2009 at 16:07 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: autobiography/memoir, coming of age, female authors, IrAdd new tag, Middle Easten/Middle Eastern American, politics, religion, war
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