3 O'Clock in the Morning tagged me with a meme. So, here goes:
1. One book that changed your life.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, because it inspired me to buy a watch, among other things.
2. One book you have read more than once.
Franny and Zooey. Which reminds me, I think I owe Memyi an e-mail. Sorry, let that one slip. Oh well,m good reason to select her for the obligatory tag-you're-it.
3. One book you would want on a desert island
Survive on a Desert Island
4. One book that made you laugh
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
5. One book that made you cry
No book has made me cry, I don't think. Only movies. I did feel a bit weepy, though, when my favorite character in The Corner died.
6. One book you wish you had written
Mountains Beyond Mountains.
7. One book you wish had never been written
I'm not like that.
8. One book you are currently reading
None, honestly. I'm between.
9. One book you have been meaning to read
Dream Boogie
10. Tag five people.
Pom, Sheri, Mark, Leena, Jessi
A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year
One of Kansas City Star's 100 Noteworthy Books of the Year
Winner of the William Rockhill Nelson Award for Nonfiction
Winner of the Harry Chapin Media Award
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Forget the nerdy reputation that debate has. Instead think of a scenario as exciting as a sports game with high stakes like triumphing over racism. bad politics and abject poverty... An important, thoughtful and provocative look at race and class in America.
- The Boston Globe
Joe Miller's enthusiasm is infectious and the plot creates the suspense of a good courtroom thriller.
- Entertainment Weekly
The minute I finished Joe Miller's Cross-X, I held the book out in front of me -- amazed, rapturous, and hopeful... Miller's mesmerizing, vivid accounts of the debates will leave you crouched in your seat, holding your breath... An incredibly powerful, daringly hopeful book.
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Irresistible... Miller begins breezily but is soon deeply invested in the Central squad's mission to not only master the debate game on its own terms but revolutionize it with flashes of poetry and hip-hop wordplay... If all these kids could run things, Miller implies, imagine what could get done.
- Elle
1 comment:
Great list, Joe. Thanks for the recommendations. I'll put some of these on my "to read" list.
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