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Remember the Brilliant Steve Martin?new
Martin's slim new memoir, Born Standing Up, covers his stand-up years, and thankfully it's a lot more interesting of a story to tell than a facile tale of perseverance and cheap hotel rooms.
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
12-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Living Biblically': A Skeptically Holy Experimentnew
It could have been shaved down by a quarter without losing its effect, but Jacobs' dedication to his project, combined with his own ambivalence to the Bible, make this book one of the surprise hits of the fall.
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
10-18-2007 |
Nonfiction
