Going home (plus, more media!)
As the book tour kicks off, I’ll be speaking about The Unlikely Disciple and my semester at Liberty tomorrow evening, April 2, at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (my hometown!). If you’re local and want to stop by, please do — the event will be in the Science Center, West Lecture Hall, at 8 PM, and I’ll be hanging around and signing books after.
Also, a few more press mentions rolled in this week.
- The Providence Journal reviewed TUD in the Sunday Lifebeat section. The whole thing is here, and here’s the closing paragraph: “The Unlikely Disciple is by turns appealing and appalling, laugh-out-loud funny and sobering, serious and silly — just like a semester at college. Kevin Roose has produced a book that is fair, empathetic, thoughtful, touching, consistently entertaining, and a harbinger of more good writing to come. Way to go, Rooster!”
- The Christian Science Monitor liked the book, too. Full review here, and a quote: “Telling a story only an outsider on the inside could report, Roose shines in his ability to present fundamentalist Christian life with crystal-clear detail. His fresh eye and knack for levity…serve to effectively illuminate life at Liberty. “The Unlikely Disciple” deserves a big “Amen.”
- Finally, SMITH Magazine’s Memoirville project just posted a radio-style audio interview, in which I talk to Jessica Naudziunas about the motives, misadventures, and lessons from my Liberty semester. Thanks to Jessica for conducting a fun interview, and to John McGarry of Brown Student Radio for producing the piece.
