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December 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Jenny Slate: Little Weirds

Little Weirds Jenny Slate Little, Brown and Company Jenny Slate’s had a busy year of recalibration – a Netflix special of so-so comedy mixed with her charming kookiness and some deep-cut home videos to soften the blow of mistimed punchlines. And now this book of “essays” – and the accompanying promotional book-tour. A few bit-part […]
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November 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Lindy West: The Witches Are Coming

The Witches Are Coming Lindy West Hachette Books/Allen & Unwin When I’ve read Lindy West’s work (Jezebel, The Guardian, NY Times) I’ve enjoyed it. I haven’t followed her as fanatically as many but I started – and must get back to finishing – her memoir Shrill and I look forward to seeing the TV show […]
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October 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Emily Nussbaum: I Like To Watch

I Like To Watch: Arguing My Way Through The TV Revolution Emily Nussbaum Random House [This Review Originally Appeared At The Spinoff] What Emily Nussbaum knows is that dressing up to eat a burger and pay double is fine sometimes, if it makes you happy. But what a lot of us love is a glorified […]
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July 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 126 – Helen Heath

Welcome to episode 126 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Wellington poet Helen Heath. She’s released two volumes of poetry, her first, Graft, was nominated for a science writing award and won Best First Book; her brand new collection, Are Friends Electric is a […]
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March 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gabrielle Union: We’re Going To Need More Wine

We’re Going To Need More Wine: Stories Gabrielle Union Dey Street Books A memoir – in stories, We’re Going To Need More Wine is candid, well written. It’s both funny and heart-breaking. You know Gabrielle Union from so many movies and TV shows – but she was the ugly duckling at school, or so she […]
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January 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

PressPatron on Off The Tracks: Click to Donate and Support

As of today you’ll notice PressPatron on Off The Tracks, a banner button asking you to donate (if you wish) and a button in the side bar which tells you more specifically:
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December 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib: They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib Two Dollar Radio I don’t mean this to sound at all trite, I mean it as a huge compliment – even if it might feel a forced comparison, but Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib’s work here in this book of profoundly moving, politically urgent, poetic essays reads […]
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December 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Ben Greenman: Dig If You Will The Picture – Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince

Dig If You Will The Picture: Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince Ben Greenman Henry Holt and Co. Beginning at the end – the sad, sudden end – Ben Greenman’s book about Prince is a celebration of his life and music, of what made him so special; written – unashamedly – […]
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November 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Rebecca Solnit: The Mother of All Questions

The Mother of All Questions Rebecca Solnit Haymarket Books When I was reading Men Explain Things To Me it was in the wake of the breaking of the Cosby scandal. What a sad, prescient, serendipitous and truly appalling thing it is to have this fantastic ‘sequel’/companion volume and to be reading it in the wake […]
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November 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 89 – Kirsten McDougall

Welcome to episode 89 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here I had a chat with Kirsten McDougall. She is a writer, publicist and literary manager. We discuss her various roles and talk about her two books, The Invisible Rider and Tess. The Invisible Rider is a 2012 release, […]
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September 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny – Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder Tim Duggan Books; 1st Edition Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale Univeristy and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, breaks down big concepts into easy-to-digest bites here in a deliberately taut, concise set of fragment-essays that offers a geo-political, historical […]
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July 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Andrew McCarron: Light Come Shining – The Transformations of Bob Dylan

Light Come Shining: The Transformations of Bob Dylan Andrew McCarron OUP USA What’s that theory? The more books written about a particular subject suggests how little is really known? You’d easily apply that to Dylan – each year turning out more and more books with dubious angles; his 5th grade friend interviewed, exes, journalists who […]
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