Author: Trevor Seigler

NON-FICTION Sports 

Field of Broken Dreams

March 26, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments baseball, Houston Astros, Jackie Robinson, Jim Bouton, Jim Brosnan, Jose Canseco, R.A. Dickey

Six baseball books that don’t steal signs

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CREATORS Remembrance Writers 

Charles Portis Has Passed Away

February 20, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Charles Portis, Gringos, True Grit

An author with True Grit

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FICTION 

Celebrating Black History Month Through Literature

February 7, 2020February 18, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments A Mercy, Black History Month, Black No More, Colson Whitehead, Esi Edyugan, George Schuyler, Half-Blood Blues, Homegoing, John Henry Days, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Toni Morrison, Yaa Gyasi

Read these six novels and call us in March.

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CREATORS FILM Remembrance TELEVISION 

Terry Jones (1942-2020), RIP

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Eric Idle, John Cleese, John Oliver, Justin Trudeau, Michael Palin, Monty Python, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python's Meaning of Life, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

His Colleagues Honor the Comedian, Scholar, and Naked Organ Player

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Biography NON-FICTION 

The People’s Princess

December 5, 2019December 17, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments A Life On The Edge, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher, Harrison Ford, mental health issues, Sarah Crichton Books, Sheila Weller

‘Carrie Fisher: A Life On The Edge’

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FICTION 

The Spy Who Went Back Into the Cold

November 18, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Agent Running In The Field, James Bond, John LeCarré, Len Deighton, The Ipcress File

A New John LeCarré Protagonist for a New World Order

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FICTION 

Zadie Smith, Master of the Short Story

October 23, 2019October 24, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Grand Union, Master of the Short Story, Michael Chabon effect, NW, Swing Time, White Teeth, Zadie Smith

Her New Collection, Grand Union, Shows off Her Range

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NON-FICTION Politics 

‘The Immoral Majority’

September 26, 2019 Trevor Seigler 2 Comments Ben Howe, Donald Trump, Evangelical Christianity, Immoral Majority, Never Trump

A Conservative Blogger Examines the Toxic Christianity that Helped Land Trump in the White House

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NON-FICTION 

Fool’s Gold

August 14, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Emily Nussbaum, I Like To Watch, Joan Rivers, The New Yorker

Emily Nussbaum’s Essay Collection Calls “The Golden Age Of Television” Into Doubt

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CLASSICS FILM 

The French New Wave at 60

June 17, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 400 Blows, Agnes Varda, Alfred Hitchcock, Cahiers du Cinema, Cleo From 5 to 7, Francois Truffaut, French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Bresson

Not so New Anymore, but Still Really Influential

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NON-FICTION Sports 

‘The Cost Of These Dreams’

May 30, 2019 Trevor Seigler 1 Comment Dan Gable, Michael Jordan, Pat Riley, The Cost Of These Dreams, Tiger Woods, Wright Thompson

A Collection About Athletes, Loss, and Absent Parents

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Biography NON-FICTION 

‘Becoming Dr. Seuss’

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Becoming Dr. Seuss, Brian Jay Jones, Dr. Seuss, Theodor Geisel

A New Biography of the Shakespeare of Kiddie Lit

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NON-FICTION 

The Lives of the Queer Poets (and Scientists)

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Emily Dickinson, figuring, Margaret Fuller, Maria Popova, Rachel Carson

Great Accomplishments and Tragic Personal Histories Collide in Maria Popova’s ‘Figuring’

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NON-FICTION Sports 

The Babe’s Best Month

January 10, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Babe Ruth, Jane Leavy, The Big Fella

New Biography Chronicles Ruth in October 1927, Before His Fall

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FICTION 

The Gaslit Detective

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments A Gambler's Anatomy, Jonathan Lethem, Motherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective, Trump

Jonathan Lethem’s Characters Just Can’t Deal With Trump

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