Word: memoirize
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...more than defuse the humorless-preacher stereotype; it also spoke to Huckabee's base. To a general audience, Norris is a camp figure. But, notes Daniel Radosh, author of the forthcoming book Rapture Ready!, about Christian pop culture, Evangelicals know Norris as the author of a popular spiritual memoir and co-author of two Christian western novels. To the public, appearing with Norris says Huckabee doesn't take himself too seriously. But, Radosh adds, "within the Christian culture bubble, it's a way of saying...
Inevitably, the immensity of Burrow's task requires as much omission as inclusion, and from the get-go he states his intention to bypass memoirs. Fortunately, at first, he seems to forget his own criterion. For instance, several pages are devoted to Xenophon's The Persian Expedition, a masterful account of a small Greek army trapped behind enemy lines, deep in the heart of the Persian Empire. Yet one of the stars of the show was Xenophon himself, his book a subtle piece of self-promotion. Likewise, Burrow makes a welcome exception for a memoir by Bernal...
...were lining up in the snow to hear Edwards and pulling down his posters to be autographed after he had finished speaking. "They were handing up anything that could be signed-napkins, envelopes. Here's the back of my deposit slip, sign that," his wife Elizabeth wrote in her memoir. Bill Clinton's old strategist James Carville marveled at the time that it was the best stump speech he had ever heard. On Salon, Peter Dizikes predicted, "Before too long, the Edwards speech could be like a museum exhibit that political tourists flock to see before it closes...
...original bad boy celebrity chef (yes, we have those), Anthony Bourdain rose to fame after writing a memoir about how the restaurant industry is a bitch and now spends his time gallivanting around foreign countries and squirming as he tastes the weirdest stuff Food Network producers can find. In his new book, he appears to be doing more of the same while looking as fashionably ratty as ever. He sits on what one can presume to be a third-world stoop, wearing dingy travel slouch pants, a dirty Oxford shirt, and sandals, dangling a cigarette from his forefingers. Never...
...memoir titles encapsulate a life as deftly as civil rights lawyer Victor Rabinowitz's: Unrepentant Leftist. Often with partner Leonard Boudin, he defended such clients as the Black Panthers, blacklisted writer Dashiell Hammett and accused spy Alger Hiss. In 1960 Rabinowitz and Boudin added Cuba to their client roster after a poolside game of chess in Havana with Che Guevara. A few years later, Rabinowitz successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that Cuba was entitled to funds from the sale of products formerly owned by a U.S. citizen. Rabinowitz...