I just got back from Seattle and I'm sick as a dog.
It was a good time, though, visiting with my friend Brad. Last night we had the best sushi on the face of the earth. Seriously, it was unreal. Lots of good conversation, too, about everything from the Christian Right to crazy rich people.
I certainly miss the guy. He was my first real friend in KC. But he made the right move. Seattle definitely suits him.
I'll have some pictures later. And some thoughts about architecture, and young high-tech money, and PC street-crossing. But for now I must recline on the couch and moan and drink liquids and watch moveies and moan and moan and hopefully sleep.
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
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Feel better, Joe! Next time bring your woman with you.
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