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February 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Teju Cole: Blind Spot
Blind Spot Teju Cole Random House Award-winning novelist, essayist and journalist Teju Cole here provides an innovative, masterful meditation on the way we see things; the relationship/s between words and images. Blind Spot is all at once a set of micro-essays, a photography book, a travel diary and yet it transcends all – stands on […]Archive
August 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Braunias: The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road
The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road Steve Braunias Luncheon Sausage Books Any time I review a new book by Steve Braunias I end up gushing like some rotten little suck-up about how he’s the country’s best, most engaging, funniest writer – about how he knows the seed of a story and how to cultivate it, […]Archive
August 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Ariel Leve: An Abbreviated Life – A Memoir
An Abbreviated Life: A Memoir Ariel Leve Harper Ariel Leve doesn’t name her mother – we can Google and find out her name of course – but I guess it’s a gesture around dignity; proof that this isn’t a Mommy Dearest-styled hatchet-job memoir; in fact it’s about memory, recovery and growth, about understanding and conquering, […]Archive
June 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
P. J. O’Rourke: How The Hell Did This Happen? – The Election of 2016
How The Hell Did This Happen? – The Election of 2016 P.J. O’Rourke Atlantic Monthly Press As a teenager and then particularly in my early 20s I read a lot of P.J. O’Rourke. At first I probably didn’t even notice his political worldview…I’m guessing that because when I did ascertain that he was right-wing, libertarian, […]Archive
February 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 52 – Emily Writes (Again!)
Welcome to episode 52 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with blogger/writer/author Emily Writes. In fact it’s a second chat, Emily is the first return-visitor to the podcast and if you wanted to catch up with her previous time, or revisit it yourself – it was way back at Episode […]Archive
February 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 48 – James Robinson
Welcome to episode 48 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Kiwi-born, American-based writer James Robinson. He had a blog on Stuff.co.nz – which he turned into a book. The blog – and then the book – looked at life in America and perceptions of America; the way we, as […]Archive
December 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 42 – Nick Bollinger
Welcome to episode 42 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with music journalist and broadcaster Nick Bollinger. I’ve been reading Nick Bollinger’s reviews for over 20 years. He’s been writing them for more than 30. Well, as I found out when I finally sat down to talk to him, he […]Archive
August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Roston: I Lost It At The Video Store – A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era
I Lost It At The Video Store: A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era Tom Roston The Critical Press This well-intentioned, slim volume aims to bring together a range of voices around the idea of the local video store being the birth place of modern independent cinema and indie-filmmaking; most famously Quentin Tarantino and […]Archive
June 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Michael Herr
Michael Herr has died. He was 76. He wrote the greatest book about war, one of the greatest non-fiction books you might ever read. I first came across Herr’s name – and extracts of his work – in the extra reading around the very best university class I took; perhaps the only one that stuck. […]Archive
May 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Braunias: The Scene of the Crime
The Scene of the Crime: Twelve Extraordinary True Stories of Crime and Punishment Steve Braunias HarperCollins I stopped only on the other side of calling Steve Braunias our greatest writer when reviewing the small, self-published volume of political satire – because not only is he funny and engaging, sharp, wise, wordy and worldly, he also […]Archive
November 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman