journalist, audio producer, book critic
Earlier this year I got to review two new memoirs by Lauren Fleshman and Kara Goucher for the Washington Post. I’ve admired and followed the careers of both for a long time, so it was eye-opening and instructive to find out what they’d really experienced.
Last month, I also had the pleasure of reviewing Caster Semenya’s powerful new memoir for the Guardian as well.
This week’s Hot Reads feature a pink hotel, a red planet, a bright abyss, and a giant burning triangle. Also, men in very short shorts. Splendid books all around. Visit The Daily Beast for the full reviews.
One boy chasing another boy with a metal ladle on 14th St.
Multiple birthday cookouts in Rainey Park.
A hipster couple biking through the projects.
Two runner-guys wearing tshirts for recent 10k races (that I also ran).
Five wheel-chair-bound patients of Coler-Goldwater hospital getting some sun along the East River.
A well-attended Blonde vs. Brunette flag football fundraiser tournament on Roosevelt Island.
A man with a breathing tube waiting for the bus on 27th Ave.
A little girl floating plastic bottle caps in the water-fountain at Light House Park.
Two pre-teen girls sharing one set of iPod headphones.
A woman selling flavored ice.
A woman wheeling her Costco groceries home.
Kids hanging newly tie-dyed tshirts out to dry on a clothesline in Socrates Sculpture Garden.
A little boy with a soccer ball heading to Astoria Park with his dad.
Dog-walkers galore.
Mythili G. Rao