technicat@bookwyrm.social reviewed Renegades by Barack Obama
nice feel good coffee table book with for Springsteen and Obama fans (or even one of out two will do)
4 stars
This is a gorgeous coffee table book weaving transcripts of the podcast with verses of Springsteen songs, Obama speeches (including hand edits), and nostalgic photos. The discussion is engaging (enough that I'd like to hear the original podcast) and serious, delving into their backgrounds to an intimate degree (not to be glib, they both had daddy issues), and commenting on related social issues, principally race and masculinity. At times the terminology irks me as too narrow (white community, black community, white middle class, white working middle class) - I understand this is their pespective based on their lives, but there are others of us, too! Anyway, if you want to hear The Boss ask Obama what's with all the drone attacks and how did he drop the ball on Syria you'll be disappointed but if you want two accomplished old friends reminiscing and giving a plug for therapy avoiding toxic …
This is a gorgeous coffee table book weaving transcripts of the podcast with verses of Springsteen songs, Obama speeches (including hand edits), and nostalgic photos. The discussion is engaging (enough that I'd like to hear the original podcast) and serious, delving into their backgrounds to an intimate degree (not to be glib, they both had daddy issues), and commenting on related social issues, principally race and masculinity. At times the terminology irks me as too narrow (white community, black community, white middle class, white working middle class) - I understand this is their pespective based on their lives, but there are others of us, too! Anyway, if you want to hear The Boss ask Obama what's with all the drone attacks and how did he drop the ball on Syria you'll be disappointed but if you want two accomplished old friends reminiscing and giving a plug for therapy avoiding toxic masculinity, this fits the bill.