Vowell - The Partly Cloudy Patriot
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Looking for insight into why she prefers Little Bighorn and Gettysburg to Marthas Vineyard, Vowell (author of the witty Take the Cannoli) calls her friend Kate, who works as a counselor for survivors of torture, who says, Thats how we try to make sense of the worst horrors. We use humor to manage anxiety. If Kates right, then Vowell is managing her anxiety very well. Her best short, personal essays (anywhere from about two to 12 pages) focus on her ambivalent relationship to American history and citizenship: no one in recent memory has been as insightful on the direct pleasures and perils of voting, the misuse of Rosa Parks as a metaphor, the appeal of Canadians (who ha[ve] this weird knack for loving their country in public without resorting to swagger or hate) and the relative merits of presidential libraries. Further undone, perhaps, by her devotion to such topics, Vowell also offers an eloquent defense of being a nerd: Going too far and caring too much about a subject is the best way to make friends that I know. To wit, her hilarious essay The Nerd Voice, which chronicles her political e-mail group as the all-time nerdiest thing Ive ever been involved in, and I say that as a person who has been involved with public radio and marching band. Even in the essays on pop culture, like The New German Cinema and Tom Cruise Makes Me Nervous, Vowell, like David Sedaris, goes too far, cares too much and remains a very anxious and extremely funny citizen and shady patriot.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Adult/High School-These essays and commentaries from Vowells NPR radio appearances and other sources are curmudgeonly, critical, liberal, and, often, laugh-out-loud funny. The commentator, a self-described history nerd, wanders across the spectrum of American life from the theme-park feeling of Salem, MA, where she purchased a Witchs Crossing shot glass, to the glories of Carlsbad Caverns and the Underground Luncheonette. She belongs to a political listserv that was aghast at the results of the 2000 election, yet, joining several of the members on a road trip to protest the Inauguration, she ended up weeping as she sang the Star-Spangled Banner. Her commitment to America and her dismay about the current direction of the government, both before and after September 11, are strongly stated, but her wit and slightly quirky outlook make reading her book a pleasure. Teens, regardless of their political leanings, will enjoy the pop-culture connections and even learn some history while smiling at her delivery. This title will work well for assignments on essay writing and even provide material for monologues.
Susan H. Woodcock, Fairfax County Public Library, Chantilly, VA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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ISBN : 9780743243803
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