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A review by mbhernandez
The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass
4.0
What a great book! I wanted to give it five stars - but I did find a couple of the stories a tad bit boring. The rest of them were five star worthy! My favorite was My Republican Journey by Dan Savage. My favorite tidbit:
"When I was beginning to drift away from the Catholic Church, out of disgust with our holy mother's hypocrisy, sexism and homophobia, my biological mother implored me to keep the faith. "If everyone who isn't an asshole leaves the church," my momma told me, "the church will be just a bunch of assholes."
I also particularly loved the story The Ameican Man, Age Ten (as Kirsten said I would - this is why she loaned me the book - thanks Kirsten!). I found the story of Saddam Hussein fascinating as well.
"When I was beginning to drift away from the Catholic Church, out of disgust with our holy mother's hypocrisy, sexism and homophobia, my biological mother implored me to keep the faith. "If everyone who isn't an asshole leaves the church," my momma told me, "the church will be just a bunch of assholes."
I also particularly loved the story The Ameican Man, Age Ten (as Kirsten said I would - this is why she loaned me the book - thanks Kirsten!). I found the story of Saddam Hussein fascinating as well.