Daily Archives: November 10, 2008

Rachel Resnick’s Memoir ‘Love Junkie’

Here‘s Rachel’s new book on Amazon.com and here is her website. I interview her at her home Sept. 24. She says she’d rather interview than be interviewed. Rachel: "I teach a lot. One of the things that gives me huge … Continue reading

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Racist Foupes

Des emails: ""Foupe?" Is that anything like "faux pas?" You obviously learned nothing from when I punished your youthful sweet tooth by having you copy page after page out of the dictionary. I should have suck with my initial plan … Continue reading

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‘Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California’

Here is the Amazon.com page for the book and here is the website for the author Frances Dinkelspiel. We did this interview a couple of weeks ago via email. I told Frances to only answer the questions she found interesting. … Continue reading

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Race and Sports

Listen to the whole thing here. Luke: "How do you feel race is covered by sportswriters?" Santa Rose Press Democrat sports columnist Lowell Cohn: "That’s the hardest question you’ve asked me. I know that African-American athletes feel that they are … Continue reading

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