The Beholder's Eye: A Collection of America's Finest Personal Journalism
*Starred Review*  Harrington calls this collection idiosyncratic, representing what he considers the best of a journalism that doesn't claim objectivity but celebrates the writer's intrusion into the story and engages the reader. And that is exactly what the collection delivers. Each writer takes a unique approach to the subject, drawing the reader into the experience of pit-bull fighting or hunting with the Inuit. Among the collection: Harrington, who is married to a black woman, explores his evolving attitudes on race through the lens of his relationship with his in-laws. Pete Earley returns to his hometown in search of the meaning of a sister's death in their youth, Ron Rosenbaum explores his own outlook on life in a philosophical discourse with then-New York governor Mario Cuomo, Davis Miller is unabashedly starstruck in a comfortable and close-up look at Muhammad Ali at the home of Ali's mother, and Stephen S. Hall is personally probing in his exploration, via MRI, of his own brain and its functioning. These stories are amusing, insightful, and touching in a way that only something personal can be.Vanessa BushCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved