American Nerd: The Story of My People
by Benjamin Nugent (Goodreads author!)
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Read in May, 2008
Saw it at the store and immediately knew I had to buy and read it - the topic has always fascinated me and seems an important one, and the tone - "pretty much serious, but" - seemed exactly right.
Nugent's natural mode is somewhere in between magazine color writing and sheer bloggy speculation, all of which I find entirely sympathetic, but it prevents him from really driving home any of his conclusions. He's generally content just to suggest connections and offer ideas that have oc...more
Nugent's natural mode is somewhere in between magazine color writing and sheer bloggy speculation, all of which I find entirely sympathetic, but it prevents him from really driving home any of his conclusions. He's generally content just to suggest connections and offer ideas that have oc...more
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Read in March, 2008
SO good. You know how writers like to mine their geeky childhoods for comedy, but it always comes off kind of defensive, like "ha ha see I'm not a geek anymore"? American Nerd is the opposite of that -- honest and revealing and surprisingly moving.
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Read in April, 2008
The chapter that argues that our current idea of a "nerd" is largely based on stereotypes about Chinese and Jewish immigrants is fascinating.
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