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Summary: "You're the talker, huh?
Review: That talk was OK. (At the Chicago Public Library, 5/9/2002.)
But the next time work on my right leg. It's the short one.
This great Brown intellectual chuckles all the way to the bank. En otras palabras, "a otro perro con eso hueso!"
Rating: 
Summary: insightful
Review: This memoir reminds me of many of the ideals as in other books like Poetry like Bread, etc.... Interestingly enough in this memoir there were many thoughts that were valid and everlasting. This memoir's style reminded me of Edward Al-Kharrat's Alexandria's Girls. The fact that you can pick it up and put it down and still not be lost is present. I found this book in the Latino studies section. As Rodriguez does say that books are often labeled as are people. His book although talks a lot about race, brown vs. black or white, etc.... he also talks generally about American, Canadian, Mexican and other cultures. Also he talks about religion, etc... This is interesting to explore throughout the memoir. The many references were hard to follow, but inspiring. The memoir is multifarious in terms of allusions. Sometimes I felt that Rodriquez was trying to overdo it. He had to show how well rounded he was by making a myriad of electic references and using a lot of literary terms that were far out there.
Who is his audience? One finds his memori in the Latino cultural section.... If I am reading literature from that section, I am not trying to stick up for "brown" people and see how smart they are by reading how intellectual Rodriguez is! The book was hard to follow in the beginning with the references, but for me it really picked up and was hard to put down before the Hispanic chapter. The ending made you think about it being a semi-dream, the whole memoir...but that is a bit odd...
Rating:
Summary: A thoughtful book..
Review: When I found this book in the library I was surprised by how small it was. I'd heard of it before. It took me only about three days to get through it. It was a dreamlike essay from which I found nuggets of truth glistening here and there to pick up on and think, "oh yes, I've wondered about that myself!" I'm not sure what to think of Mr. Rodriguez but he is a very good writer. Sometimes his descriptions get sort of overdone, but mostly it's a good read. I would like to continue checking out his other books.
Rating:
Summary: A thoughtful book..
Review: When I found this book in the library I was surprised by how small it was. I'd heard of it before. It took me only about three days to get through it. It was a dreamlike essay from which I found nuggets of truth glistening here and there to pick up on and think, "oh yes, I've wondered about that myself!" I'm not sure what to think of Mr. Rodriguez but he is a very good writer. Sometimes his descriptions get sort of overdone, but mostly it's a good read. I would like to continue checking out his other books.
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