I was looking forward to reading Edgar Gomez’ memoir, released earlier this year to no small acclaim. I thought it would be good. Man, is it ever.
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A Friend of Mine Has a Book Out and It’s Good
A legendary guitarist, singer/songwriter and bandleader, Col. Bruce Hampton is known as a musician’s musician. So it’s only fitting that his biographer, my northeast Georgia friend Jerry Grillo, is a writer’s writer. It shows on every page of this outstanding work.
A New Regard for the Word ‘Husband’
Early in Madeline Miller’s gorgeous 2012 novel, The Song of Achilles, the young Greek warrior and title character refers to his lover Patroclus as his husband. The book got me thinking about the origins of that word, and gave me new appreciation for how we use it today.
A Friend of Mine Has a Book Out and It’s Good
The author’s occasional conversations with her main character to guide and counsel him add a comic twist to “Helping Howard,” an entertaining new novel by Sally Schloss.
Mike Coleman 