One of my resolutions for the new year was spending less time googling myself. (Such are the vanities of an insecure writer.) So far, I'm off to a bad start. I apologize for the self-promotion, but there have recently been some very nice reviews of the book that I thought I'd share. Here's an excerpt from the Washington Post review:
Jonah Lehrer's smart, elegantly written little book expresses an appealing faith that art and science offer different but complementary views of the world. His main argument, that artists have often intuited essential truths about human nature that are later verified by scientific research, is hardly new. But he pursues this argument with freshness and enthusiasm in eight enjoyable case studies studded with arresting sentences that voice the 25-year-old author's delighted sense of discovery.
If you're interested (and even my mom has probably stopped reading by now), additional reviews can be found at the Star-Tribune, Dallas Morning News, and the Toronto Star.
Also, I'll be giving a talk and signing books at the River Run book store in Portsmouth, NH on January 10th at 7 PM.
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Bah, "self promotion" is actually "well deserved reward for hard work." Congratulations on all of the great reviews.
"Arresting sentences". That's you, and of course you should google yourself. It would be odd and a little derelict if you didn't.
You deserve all the praise you get. There isn't a fresher voice around.
i'm only halfway through, but so far any praise is well-deserved. new year's resolutions are made for breaking, so keep googling.
while walt whitman is one of my favorite poets and i was blown away by that chapter (having spent 22 years going head to head with conservative catholic relatives who still think denial of the body is the way to heaven), i am still more impressed by the chapter on Proust, whom i've never even read. speaking as an anthropologist, it has always been my belief that our memories (individual and collective) are only as real as the moment in which we remember them, reconstructed every time we recall them by the current context.
i can't wait to finish reading. you've even inspired me to start a blog, although i don't know nearly enough about science and mine will probably just be the rantings of an academic trapped in the bureaucratic bs of public education.
thanks.
Any chance of a signing event of some kind in Minnesota? Maybe wishful thinking but I loved the book, well written, inspiring and thought provoking (more thorough review is on the way).
Keep up the great writing, thanks.
If you're interested (and even my mom has probably stopped reading by now), additional reviews can be found at the Star-Tribune, Dallas Morning News, and the Toronto Star.
Hey Jonah,
I even read past the point where your Mom stopped! LOL! Actually I think you do a very good job at self promotion. If you go to my site you will see a link at the top to the page, " We can make you a Famous Scientist."
I was in PR for 2 years prior to starting Special Time Science. I have been a part of taking obscure authors all the way to the top in book sales and national talk show interviews.
I believe that if someone has the ability to share fascinating science insights that could be a part of the betterment of mankind, there could be a sort of obligation to proliferate those insights.
You might want to check out that page. I know I enjoy and many others enjoy your blog very much. There may be millions of others out there who would enjoy your insights as well.
Dave Briggs :~)
Please keep your many fans updated on your speaking engagements. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd love a signed copy of your book!
Congratulations - and we're all waiting for the next book.
Googling yourself is intelligent marketing for the next move. Just don't let negative comments stop you if you find them. Your book was excellent.