I’m not a big sports fan, and if it were not for the negative press, (“She took off her jersey and, gasp, exposed her sports bra!” “She’s a lesbian with pink hair who’s having a Twitter spat with [the orange fascist occupying the White House]!”) I would probably not even be aware that more than one US Women’s Soccer Team has won the World Cup at all. But I share two very salient aspects of my life with Megan Rapinoe: I’m gay, and I grew up in Redding, California. So knowing that Rapinoe had written about her coming of age a gay person in the conservative little burg whence I did likewise inspired me to read “One Life.”
I’m glad I did. It’s a fun read. Of course, I enjoyed all the parts about my hometown, but even the sports narratives were gripping. She makes the soccer interesting and exciting …
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Ray Coshow finished reading Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien …
Ray Coshow started reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or, There and back again by Douglas A. Anderson, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is an edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The …
Ray Coshow rated The all-girl filling station's last reunion: 4 stars
The all-girl filling station's last reunion by Fannie Flagg
"Spanning decades, generations, and America in the 1940s and today, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion is a fun-loving mystery …
Ray Coshow rated My Life on the Line: 5 stars
Entrevistas Breves con Hombres Repulsivos / Brief Interviews With Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace made an art of taking readers into places no other writer even gets near. In his exuberantly …
Ray Coshow rated Logical Family: 5 stars
Logical Family by Armistead Maupin
Logical Family: A Memoir is a 2017 memoir by author Armistead Maupin. In the book, Maupin recounts growing up as …
Ray Coshow rated Chrome: 3 stars
George Nader: Chrome (1978, Putnam)
Chrome by George Nader
In the future, there will be only one taboo: to love a robot. But in the desert hideaway where Chrome …
Ray Coshow rated Chrome: 3 stars
George Nader: Chrome (Paperback, 1979, Jove Pubns)
Chrome by George Nader
In the future, there will be only one taboo: to love a robot. But in the desert hideaway where Chrome …
Ray Coshow rated A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: 4 stars
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
A collection of stories from David Foster Wallace is occasion to celebrate. These stories -- which have been prominently serialized …
Ray Coshow rated David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: 5 stars
Ray Coshow rated Cleanness: 4 stars
Ray Coshow rated The Sirens of Titan: 2 stars
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depraved man on Earth, …
Ray Coshow reviewed One Life by Emma Brockes
Review of 'One Life' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I’m not a big sports fan, and if it were not for the negative press, (“She took off her jersey and, gasp, exposed her sports bra!” “She’s a lesbian with pink hair who’s having a Twitter spat with [the orange fascist occupying the White House]!”) I would probably not even be aware that more than one US Women’s Soccer Team has won the World Cup at all. But I share two very salient aspects of my life with Megan Rapinoe: I’m gay, and I grew up in Redding, California. So knowing that Rapinoe had written about her coming of age a gay person in the conservative little burg whence I did likewise inspired me to read “One Life.”
I’m glad I did. It’s a fun read. Of course, I enjoyed all the parts about my hometown, but even the sports narratives were gripping. She makes the soccer interesting and exciting (it may have helped that with the exception of the 2019 WC, I did not know the outcome of any of the games she described until she got to the final whistle.) And I really appreciated her eloquent and necessary discussions of the systemic White Supremacist culture that permeates this country and has done so since the continent was colonized. Brava, Megan.