I’m reposting a fabulous, complimentary review of The Forbidden Apple by Amazon.com Top 50 Reviewer Rob Hardy. Rob is not the demo I’d expect to laud The Forbidden Apple–he lives in rural Columbus, Mississippi, with his wife, three kids and multiple pets–but I’m extremely grateful that he took the plunge and submitted an erudite, thoughtful
Occasionally I like to do a Google search for myself and see what comes up. It’s a little intimidating to find out how seemingly all over the ‘net I am, but half of those hits are my own doing–this blog, my Facebook page, my MySpace page, and a lot of web sites I signed up
Pat Reid from the British blog Cockroach: Music, Movies and Media recently interviewed me after reading The Forbidden Apple. Apparently I can never talk about Doris Wishman too much.
Another belated discovery: my book was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection (4/10/09)! I’m thrilled that Susan Dominus is such a fan. That day she also talked up “The Forbidden Apple” on “New York Times Close Up,” a weekly TV show hosted by Sam Roberts, the editor of the New York Times Book Review,
I was chosen as one of GO Magazine’s “100 Women We Love” in the June/July 2009 issue! Writer Cheryl Burke had this to say: “While doing research for an earlier book project on former New York City Mayor Giuliani’s quality-of-life campaign, Long saw some interesting patterns. ‘I began researching Giuliani’s policies regarding adult-use establishments —
Here I am in front of the Barnes & Noble at 6th Avenue and 8th Street in the West Village–and that’s my book in the window!
Doug Henwood, the host of the “Behind the News” program on WBAI and the Left Business Observer, emailed me to say he’d posted a link my appearance on show. Take a listen. “Behind the News” April 9, 2009 (the link takes you to the Doug’s page, then click on “streaming” or “download”).
I’m going fast and furious on the airwaves here. Yesterday I recorded an interview for “Behind the News” with Doug Henwood, a great show that “covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global…Since mystification is one of the tricks that power uses to maintain itself, emphasis
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