Tag Archives: James Brown

Review of Five-Carat Soul by James McBride

Posted on December 16, 2018 by tonipressleysanon

I first learned about James McBride’s Five-Carat Soul (2017) from the incomparable Levar Burton’s brilliant podcast “LeVar Burton Reads”. You’ll remember Mr. Burton from his long-running children’s program Reading Rainbow, as well as his work on Roots, and Star Trek.  On the podcast, … Continue reading →

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Review of James McBride’s Kill ’em and Leave

Posted on April 3, 2018 by tonipressleysanon

  So, it’s actually been a while since I finished reading James McBride’s brilliant Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul (2016)—at least a month. The biography seals, for me, my personal classification of McBride … Continue reading →

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