Thank you for your spot-on analysis of Bama Rush. The balance between subject and narrator POV in nonfiction is so hard to figure out! One book that I thought handled it very well was SANDFUTURE by Justin Beal. The book is a biography of Minoru Yamasaki (the architect of the Twin Towers) and simultaneously Beal’s memoir of his relationship with his wife, who suffers from migraines that may be triggered by the failings of modern architecture. It’s a book that shouldn’t work, but I found that it did. Worth a look!
Thank you for your spot-on analysis of Bama Rush. The balance between subject and narrator POV in nonfiction is so hard to figure out! One book that I thought handled it very well was SANDFUTURE by Justin Beal. The book is a biography of Minoru Yamasaki (the architect of the Twin Towers) and simultaneously Beal’s memoir of his relationship with his wife, who suffers from migraines that may be triggered by the failings of modern architecture. It’s a book that shouldn’t work, but I found that it did. Worth a look!