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Now LIVE: Just click here<\/a>. My interview by\u00a0 Robert Sharpe on BITEradio show “Bringing Inspiration to Earth” April 18, 3 p.m<\/a>. – where I was his guest for an hour.<\/p>\n

The host was marvelous, keeping things lively. Robert Sharpe has very thoughtful, interesting, wide-ranging topics. And he was ready to find them in Keep This Quiet Too!<\/em> – vol. II of the KTQ!<\/em> series. BookLife, the indie arm of Publishers Weekly<\/em>, has its verdict on the book:<\/p>\n

With an eye for surprising detail, Harrell conjures a charged and vivid milieu, even as the story she tells is often painful . . . A journey with grand destinations throughout the globe and within the author\u2019s consciousness. –\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BookLife further calls it:\u00a0“charged, vivid, painful, grand.” I’ll take it.\u00a0 Also of interest, says the reviewer, is “her abundant enticing experiences and insights, and her relationships with her subjects.” The review opens:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not crazier than you,\u201d Harrell reports once saying to her friend Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson\u2019s response: \u201cNo, but you\u00a0talk<\/em>\u00a0crazier.\u201d That exchange, recounted in an introductory author\u2019s note, kicks off the second in a series of memoirs (after\u00a0Keep This Quiet!<\/em>) by Harrell that examine her relationship with three fascinating men of letters: first that gonzo icon Thompson, for whom Harrell served as an editor at Random House and maintained a friendship with through his years of covering horse races and regatas, and Milton Klonsky, the beat writer who was her literary and spiritual advisor. Finally, there is the poet Jan Mensaert, her troubled husband, whose struggle with drugs, alcohol, and mental illness overshadowed his considerable artistic abilities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Horse races and regatta,” that’s a funny take on all the political news tackled. Just scratching the surface.<\/p>\n

I’m VERY appreciative of the review, with phrases that lift out beautifully. And those topics and facets were on full display in this interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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