Matthew Biberman's Blog

• Guest Blog: Belle Yang's Amazon Review of Big Sid's Vincati

  July 1, 2009

  • The Sublime Weight Of Our Obsessions Especially moving is the weight of heritage and history in the memoir of English professor and grease monkey/craftsman, Matthew Biberman. The father ate bitter fruit in his youth and the son is made to wince from the unsettling memory. Matthew Biberman's passion and obsession to lift his father, Big Sid from rapid decline, prompts him to promise the latter ...
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• Guest Blog: Stephen Pate on riding Big Sid's Vincati

  June 29, 2009

  • Subject: I'm Screwed. The Vincati Ride ReportMatthew and Sid Biberman visited Chicago for the Mods vs. Rockers motorcycle show on June 19th-21st, and were able to spend some time at my shop meeting people and signing books, etc. It is a visit I will never forget, for several reasons. As Glenn Shriver put it, I got to “sit at the feet of the master” for a while. What capped it all off however, ...
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• Douglas A. Brooks (1956-2009): In Memoriam

  June 28, 2009

  • Douglas died on a Tuesday, January 27, 2009, so I’m late with my copy but I’m sure Douglas wouldn’t mind.  He and I were late together on everything.He delayed the collection Milton and the Jews for years until he was satisfied that he had all the contributions he felt the book needed to stand on its own. And it was the same story with all his projects: his book From Playhouse to ...
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