Sandusky

Ashar, Linda C. Sandusky: A Guide to Ohio’s North Coast Playground.  New York; Channel Lake, 2010. I was initially surprised to see a nationally published guide for Sandusky published by the Tourist Town Guides series.  Does Sandusky, Ohio deserve to be canonized along Atlantic City, Myrtle Beach, and Niagara Falls?  Probably not.  But if you [...]

Ghetto Celebrity

Alexander, Donnell. Ghetto Celebrity: Searching for my Father in Me. New York; Crown Publishers, 2003. Looking at the blurbs on the back of Ghetto Celebrity, you know Alexander’s biography made the rounds at the office of McSweeney’s around the turn of the century.   With praise from Dave Eggers, Sarah Vowell, and Neal Pollack and a [...]