Re: an idea for a "reality book"

[dan scanlan <coolhanduke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 6, 2005, at 10:06 AM, Jim Devine wrote:

> More than 35 years ago the book _Black Like Me_ by John Howard Griffin
> revealed to white folks the reality of the oppression of the black
> population, especially in the South (as the author disguised himself
> as a black man). So some young person should write a book titled
> _Stiff Like Me_, about what it's like to be old.

Or, focus on the even later years, "Stuffed Like Me".

FWIW, "Black Like Me," coupled with "Catcher in the Rye," kick started
my life's politics from high school forward.

Dan