The sixth book on my list in 2008 was *Born Standing Up*, Steve Martin’s memoir. Best-known for his comedy in the seventies and comedic movies in the eighties, by the nineties he allowed his intelligence to eclipse his over-the-top antics for older audiences with subtler tastes. *Born Standing Up* takes us farther back. And no, he wasn’t born a poor black child.
I enjoyed Martin’s novella *Shopgirl* (never did see the movie, but it really didn’t look like it would be … Read the rest