from whitewavedarling

I have mixed feelings about this book. I'd strongly recommend the beginning where he discusses his process toward becoming a writer, as well as identity politics as poetry and his look at the urban pastoral, all of which is fascinating and engaging, as well as well-written. However, the farther o...

from saltypepper

I really enjoyed the first section which was an autobiographical essay. Shepherd and I are roughly the same age, and both grew up in the Bronx, so there was much I could relate to there. However, the rest of the book didn't really hold me. This is at least in part my own fault, I suspect, as I pr...

from scistarz

I absolutely never read this type of book. But, I found myself unable to stop reading it. I didn't read it continuously but would put it down, think about what I'd read and then come back to it again and again. Thought-provoking and interesting and unexpected.