Books by Steve Almond
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review 1: I'm a big fan of Steve Almond, and I thought his idea of the "drug dealer model" of publishing (selling chapbooks for cash in person) was ingenius. The writing is great, as usual, especially the flash fiction, but the short-short craft-essay form did not work for me; his short st...
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review 1: There's a lot going for this collection--Almond's capacity to make us sympathize with the sort of characters you'd wish to the phantom zone if you unluckily happened on them in real life; his willingness to get those characters into all kinds of trouble, and to do so quickly; the...
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review 1: This is about as high as I can rate writing about the experience of loving music - something so personal, it's hard to do well, but Almond does an amazing job. I got this book after hearing Steve Almond interviewed on Marc Maron and it hits every point of being a musical obsessi...
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review 1: This may be the most important book I have read all year. If you play football, watch football, or simply know what football is, you should read this book. Written by someone who has been a lifelong fan of the NFL, this book takes an honest and serious look at the power of footba...