Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, who's not really down with the SYSTEM, MAAAAAAN.
(And apologies for the audio issues at the end - it's the Man trying to keep us down!)
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Stuff we Mentioned
Kirkus Review of A People's History
The amazing These Truths by Jill Lepore
An Indigenous People's History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
Studs Terkel's oral histories: Working and The Good War
McNally Jackson Books - buy books from your local bookstore!!
TruthOut - alternate news source
Kristianne read Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo this month
Greg read (and loved) The Good Lord Bird by James McBride this month, who also wrote Deacon King Kong, which Greg read (and loved) earlier this year.
What's Up Next
The Street by Ann Petry
What Song Did We Choose?
and here's notes on Bowie's record "Reality" from our bible - Pushing Ahead of the Dame