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About Sarah Vowell
See more books from this AuthorAddressing topics that range from the optimal designs of presidential libraries past and future (she advises Clinton to take a page from Nixon, whose library squarely confronts Watergate) to our tendency to make light of serious history (at Salem, she purchases a shot glass emblazoned with “Witch...
| Read Full Review of The Partly Cloudy PatriotFew narrators could sound complimentary when calling Al Gore a "big honking nerd," but Vowell (Take the Cannoli ), a self-proclaimed nerd, succeeds in doing just that while reading her collection of thoughtful, humorous essays on politics, patriotism and Tom Cruise (among other topics).
| Read Full Review of The Partly Cloudy PatriotLooking for insight into why she prefers Little Bighorn and Gettysburg to Martha's Vineyard, Vowell (author of the witty Take the Cannoli) calls her friend Kate, who works as a counselor for survivors of torture, who says, "That's how we try to make sense of the worst horrors.
| Read Full Review of The Partly Cloudy PatriotHumorist and This American Life fixture Sarah Vowell tackles the intertwined worlds of politics, popular culture, and her own life with a compulsively readable blend of wit, candor, and heart.
Aug 30 2002 | Read Full Review of The Partly Cloudy PatriotOriginally posted Sep 27, 2002 Published in issue #674 Sep 27, 2002 Order article reprints
Sep 27 2002 | Read Full Review of The Partly Cloudy PatriotI have never described myself as a patriot because it feels like such a loaded word, it feels like it’s been appropriated by people who think they represent the true America and I don’t agree with their views, and I don’t have an uncritical view of our country and its past.
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