The title of Warner’s book has a ST connection, too, CalMeacham: All Our Yesterdays (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom
As a longtime Star Trek fan, I could hardly miss that. But Warner’s book is about fandom pre-Trek. He probably had the original line from a much earlier work, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, in mind (Act 5, Scene 5, line 22, to be specific and pedantic.)
Yes, indeed, thanks.
I finished listening to The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz. This was a highly entertaining read, well-written and humorous, with a cast of characters that I took turns loving and loathing. Again thanks to @Ulf_the_Unwashed for the recommendation!
Question for the Dopers: I just had the author Philip Margolin recommended to me. Anybody here read any of his books? It appears that he’s a very prolific author.
Kristof and WuDunn’s Half the Sky - Re-conceptualizes gendered oppression, which many people have argued is just “re-hashing.” I think, however, that such arguments not only miss the point but seem to encourage a flippant approach to the work. When writing about gendered oppression, or just oppression and social justice for that matter, the point isn’t to make viral arguments or to break new ground. The point is to relate the contemporary and the historical, which this work does. It requires sensible readership, which is unfortunately in short supply today, especially among the book reviewing crowd. Though I must mention that there are many who take these works seriously, which is encuraging.
Can’t speak to Margolin, but I’m happy you liked The Latecomer. I have another Korelitz book–Admission–sitting on my desk, but a couple of nonfiction books are ahead of it. Looking forward to reading it though!
Finished Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women, by Roseanne Montillo, which was okay.
Next up: Skin Folk: Stories, by Nalo Hopkinson.