The Star story came out today, and it's a rather glowing article. I was also on Fox 4 last night, but the video doesn't appear to be archived.
I'll be on Kraske's show with Coach Jane Rinehart and former debater Marcus Leach at 11 today.
(One of these days I'll go back to writing actual blog entries.)
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
2 comments:
are they serious, OPRAH? dang.
what about victor hogstrom's channel 19 show or charlie rose? that's where i have always "met" my new favorite writers/people.
ps - i didn't know/remember you were piloting a debate team at de la salle. . .you'll have to tell me what's up with them. . i recall press saying they had shut down (at least the middle school part(?)).
pps - star sidebar quote about your high school life: bold, expected, humble and cool.
ppps - you're about going to be worn out tonight, eh?
I think they over did it a bit. I don't envision Oprah in my future, not bestseller status. But things are going well just the same.
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