Tag Archives: Biography

If you care about the world beyond your borders, you would be remiss not to read every word of this book carefully.

Why do we love to trace an empire's collapse and read every painful detail of a hero's downfall?

Pekar’s new graphic novel informs and even inspires but ultimately wanders too far afield from the author’s strengths and ends up a noble failure.

Einstein once said, "Subtle is the Lord, but malicious he is not."

Roots, historically, was vitally important; as a movie, it holds up after thirty years.

The story of Joe Strummer is in the details and Chris Salewicz hits the nail on the head.

Not about Bruce Springsteen, despite its title. Still, it's not a bad read, for a "chick book."

A treasure trove that you will continually want to delve into.

How a closeted gay musician dealt with the "manly" world of rock, the AIDS epidemic, and his own demons.

Black musicians who tried to take their music to the masses paid a far steeper price than exclusion from restrooms.