Trevor Seigler, Author at Book and Film Globe

Saturday, November 28, 2020

The Arrest

What Happens When the Tech Stops Working?

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 Trevor Seigler 1 Comment

‘The Arrest’: Jonathan Lethem’s semi-hopeful take on the End of Days

Malcolm X

Biography NON-FICTION

Their Malcolm X Biography, Our Problem

November 4, 2020November 6, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Les Payne, Malcolm X, Manning Marable

An incomplete new biography of the polarizing civil-rights leader

Lakers

NON-FICTION Sports

Magical Misery Tour

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Trevor Seigler 1 Comment Jeff Pearlman, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Phil Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal, Three-Ring Circus

A new book chronicles the adventures of Shaq, Kobe, and the Lakers’ three-peat

Reaganland

History NON-FICTION

Welcome to ‘Reaganland’

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Anita Bryant, Jimmy Carter, Reaganland, Rick Perlstein, Ronald Reagan, Star Wars, Ted Kennedy, The Deer Hunter

Rick Perlstein’s epic history of “The Age of Malaise”

John Lewis

Biography NON-FICTION

John Lewis and the Power of Hope

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments George Floyd, His Truth Is Marching On, John Lewis, Jon Mecham, Jr., Martin Luther King

‘His Truth is Marching On’ affirms the promise of peaceful activism over violence

James Baldwin

NON-FICTION Politics

How James Baldwin Can Help Us ‘Begin Again’

August 20, 2020August 19, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Begin Again, Eddie Glaude, James Baldwin, Jr., The Fire Next Time

Urgent lessons from a not-distant past

President

NON-FICTION Politics

Presidenting Is Hard

August 18, 2020August 24, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 60 Minutes, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, John Dickerson, The Hardest Job in the World, The West Wing

‘The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency,’ by John Dickerson

Bakari Sellers

Memoir NON-FICTION

The Vanishing Country of Bakari Sellers

June 11, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Bakari Sellers, Barack Obama, Harriet Wilson, Malcolm X, Ta-Nehisi Coates

An urgent memoir, a call to action

Baseball

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

Charles Portis

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

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.

Terry Jones naked playing the organ

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

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’

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

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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