Review | ‘A Horse in My Suitcase’ by John Holman
Showcasing a memoir full of hilarious anecdotes, ‘A Horse in My Suitcase’ is available at Montecito’s Tecolote Books.
Author: Brian Tanguay
Book Review | ‘The Wind Knows My Name’ by Isabel Allende
The lives of a boy escaping Nazi-era Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing 21st century El Salvador intersect in this new novel.
Book Review | ‘Free The Press: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It’ by Brian J. Karem
Biggest takeaway: the health of our democracy requires a restoration of our press.
Book Review | ‘Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You’ by Lucinda Williams
The acclaimed singer-songwriter tells her own story, in new memoir.
Book Review | ‘Yellowface’ by R.F. Kuang
Fictional exploration of a fictional exploration of diversity, racism and cultural appropriation doesn’t quite work.
Book Review | ‘The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market’ by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
‘The Big Myth’ is an exploration of market fundamentalism by the authors of ‘Merchants of Doubt.’
Review | ‘Liberation Day’ by George Saunders
George Saunders’s “Liberation Day” collection is that of a short story master at work.
Review | ‘Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World’ by Tom Burgis
An investigative journalist’s take on dirty money and its impact upon us all.
Book Review | ‘Chilean Poet’ by Alejandro Zambra, Translated by Megan McDowell
The bonds of poetry make for an entertaining work of fiction in “Chilean Poet.”
Review | David W. Blight’s ‘Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom’
The author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography sharpens our understanding of the orator’s life and influence on the nation.