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Mozart in the Jungle by Blair Tindall

January 26, 2015

I watched the pilot episode of Mozart in the Jungle on Amazon. I figured I’d read the memoir of the same title, which the…

Dirty Chick by Antonia Murphy

January 22, 2015

Antonia Murphy and her family move from San Francisco to New Zealand expecting a quiet, peaceful life in the country where their children can…

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

December 6, 2014

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a brief memoir by Haruki Murakami, written in pieces between 2005-2006. Whenever something came to…

The Day I Almost Destroyed the Boston Symphony Orchestra by John Sant’Ambrogio

September 5, 2014

My spouse always complains that when we get together with musician friends, all we do is “talk about music.” We love trading stories, and some…

Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good by Kathleen Flinn

August 15, 2014

You wouldn’t think a memoir consisting of someone else’s family stories would be all that interesting, but Kathleen Flinn had me hanging on each…

The Late Starters Orchestra by Ari L. Goldman

June 12, 2014

Ari Goldman decides to return to the cello after a twenty-five year hiatus. He starts out in his son’s youth orchestra, and eventually learns of…

The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida

May 20, 2014

Naoki Higashida is thirteen years old and severely autistic, “a writer still with one foot in childhood,” as described in the introduction by…

The Happiest Days of Our Lives by Wil Wheaton

May 4, 2014

I love reading Wil Wheaton’s stories about his life. I can’t remember which book I read first, Just a Geek or Dancing Barefoot, but…

Stand Up Straight and Sing! by Jessye Norman

April 24, 2014

American opera star and recitalist Jessye Norman is one of the most celebrated and highly respected singers in the world. In her upcoming…

The Big Tiny by Dee Williams

March 12, 2014

After being diagnosed with a heart condition at age forty-one, Dee Williams started to re-examine her life, her possessions, and what matters most…

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