Steve Martin’s Shopgirl is a small, deceptively plain-minded novella that quietly outmaneuvers expectations. Written by a performer known for physical comedy and public personae, the book is nevertheless a sober, elegiac study of solitude, commodified intimacy, and the dissonance between private yearning and public performance. Martin’s turn from stand-up to short fiction pays off: he … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Shopgirl by Steve Martin
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up is less a celebrity memoir and more an exercise in the poetics of performance. Written with the same economy and precise timing that made Martin one of the most influential stand-up artists of the late twentieth century, the book maps the career of a man who used absence and restraint … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
The New Renaissance Mindset 