So gossipy and good; I loved it.   It’s all the best parts of Capote and that SNL oral history, and even when you aren’t sure what (or whom) they’re talking about, it’s very bitchy …

It’s a collection of Gould’s baseball writings over the years — and a disappointment as such.   He’s a wonderful writer, ordinarily, and I loved his contributions to the Ken Burns series, but because this …

I’d forgotten how funny it is — well, not funny, exactly, but witty.   I remember not liking it that much when I read it the first time, so it’s a surprise that it’s actually …

A good, worthwhile read, but sometimes a little much with the I Get It attitude…by which I mean that, sometimes, sportswriters will take it upon themselves to lecture the reader on attitudes about athletics and …

I found it for reasonably cheap (note: not cheap, just reasonably so given the difficulty in tracking it down) and read it in what seemed like no time; he’s such a natural, easy writer, and …

It’s very good writing, pretty but spare, not like I remember the movie at all.   It’s frustrating in spots, certainly, but if Wolff had had some sort of getting-it-together epiphany, it would have felt …

I can’t decide if I liked it or not.   It’s well written and moves along, but I feel like a lot got left out — which is weird, given how much got left in. …

I liked the movie better, actually; Hinton’s narrators have a disingenuous way of talking about themselves that gets a bit irritating after a while, and it works better as film melodrama.   Also, I used …

A sweet baseball reminiscence that could stand a tighter, cleaner edit — and unless you’re a Red Sox fan and/or you know a good deal about the game pre-1950, I don’t know that it’s the …

John Gregory Dunne’s dry prose is such a good fit with the movie industry; he’s really able to take the wind out of it, but without sounding bitter or mean.   Good time capsule, good …