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Grieving my father, finding myself.

by Luke Russert ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 2, 2023

A middling memoir, but those working through grief may find some solace in Russert’s pages.

Former NBC News correspondent Russert recalls the life of his late father, “America’s most beloved political TV journalist.”

This memoir is a sort of why-are-we-here meditation that sometimes strays into mawkish territory, though it’s certainly well intended. After his father, Tim Russert (1950-2008), fell victim to a heart attack, the author was courted as a kind of dynastic heir. “You have a gift,” said one executive. “You could be a very good presence on air. TV needs more young people.” The author worked for a few years until being pushed to follow his bliss by several guiding voices, including, surprisingly, John Boehner, who, in a profanity-laced (“Shut up, asshole”) bit of tough love, encouraged Russert to hit the road and see the world. The soul-searching that follows is the least interesting part of the book (“Am I trying to show Dad, beyond the grave, that his boy could be like him?”), but the next steps have their moments. The author visited places like Bangkok and Buenos Aires, where he connected with his mother, herself a former correspondent and bon vivant who has a gift for tucking away both her fame and her grief in individual compartments. Russert too easily falls into canned travelogue-speak: “It’s hard to leave Japan. I’ve fallen in love with the country’s decency, its honor, and its order. It’s odd, I suppose, to travel the world, cutting ties with the demands of the past, seeking a free-spirited existence and yet craving the orderliness of Japan.” At his best, the author is aware of his privileged position as a traveler with no apparent limits on time or budget. Thankfully, Russert doesn’t spend too much time feeling sorry for himself, honoring his father’s observation, “Nobody likes a martyr.”

Pub Date: May 2, 2023

ISBN: 9780785291817

Page Count: 272

Publisher: Harper Horizon

Review Posted Online: June 7, 2023

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 2023

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by Stephanie Johnson & Brandon Stanton illustrated by Henry Sene Yee ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 12, 2022

A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life of a Manhattan burlesque dancer.

A former New York City dancer reflects on her zesty heyday in the 1970s.

Discovered on a Manhattan street in 2020 and introduced on Stanton’s Humans of New York Instagram page, Johnson, then 76, shares her dynamic history as a “fiercely independent” Black burlesque dancer who used the stage name Tanqueray and became a celebrated fixture in midtown adult theaters. “I was the only black girl making white girl money,” she boasts, telling a vibrant story about sex and struggle in a bygone era. Frank and unapologetic, Johnson vividly captures aspects of her former life as a stage seductress shimmying to blues tracks during 18-minute sets or sewing lingerie for plus-sized dancers. Though her work was far from the Broadway shows she dreamed about, it eventually became all about the nightly hustle to simply survive. Her anecdotes are humorous, heartfelt, and supremely captivating, recounted with the passion of a true survivor and the acerbic wit of a weathered, street-wise New Yorker. She shares stories of growing up in an abusive household in Albany in the 1940s, a teenage pregnancy, and prison time for robbery as nonchalantly as she recalls selling rhinestone G-strings to prostitutes to make them sparkle in the headlights of passing cars. Complemented by an array of revealing personal photographs, the narrative alternates between heartfelt nostalgia about the seedier side of Manhattan’s go-go scene and funny quips about her unconventional stage performances. Encounters with a variety of hardworking dancers, drag queens, and pimps, plus an account of the complexities of a first love with a drug-addled hustler, fill out the memoir with personality and candor. With a narrative assist from Stanton, the result is a consistently titillating and often moving story of human struggle as well as an insider glimpse into the days when Times Square was considered the Big Apple’s gloriously unpolished underbelly. The book also includes Yee’s lush watercolor illustrations.

Pub Date: July 12, 2022

ISBN: 978-1-250-27827-2

Page Count: 192

Publisher: St. Martin's

Review Posted Online: July 27, 2022

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by Pamela Anderson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 31, 2023

A juicy story with some truly crazy moments, yet Anderson's good heart shines through.

The iconic model tells the story of her eventful life.

According to the acknowledgments, this memoir started as "a fifty-page poem and then grew into hundreds of pages of…more poetry." Readers will be glad that Anderson eventually turned to writing prose, since the well-told anecdotes and memorable character sketches are what make it a page-turner. The poetry (more accurately described as italicized notes-to-self with line breaks) remains strewn liberally through the pages, often summarizing the takeaway or the emotional impact of the events described: "I was / and still am / an exceptionally / easy target. / And, / I'm proud of that ." This way of expressing herself is part of who she is, formed partly by her passion for Anaïs Nin and other writers; she is a serious maven of literature and the arts. The narrative gets off to a good start with Anderson’s nostalgic memories of her childhood in coastal Vancouver, raised by very young, very wild, and not very competent parents. Here and throughout the book, the author displays a remarkable lack of anger. She has faced abuse and mistreatment of many kinds over the decades, but she touches on the most appalling passages lightly—though not so lightly you don't feel the torment of the media attention on the events leading up to her divorce from Tommy Lee. Her trip to the pages of Playboy , which involved an escape from a violent fiance and sneaking across the border, is one of many jaw-dropping stories. In one interesting passage, Julian Assange's mother counsels Anderson to desexualize her image in order to be taken more seriously as an activist. She decided that “it was too late to turn back now”—that sexy is an inalienable part of who she is. Throughout her account of this kooky, messed-up, enviable, and often thrilling life, her humility (her sons "are true miracles, considering the gene pool") never fails her.

Pub Date: Jan. 31, 2023

ISBN: 9780063226562

Page Count: 256

Publisher: Dey Street/HarperCollins

Review Posted Online: Dec. 5, 2022

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Luke Russert recalls the sign late dad Tim Russert was with him ‘every step of the way’ in Jerusalem

Luke Russert was thousands of miles from home on the latest leg of an odyssey that took him to more than 65 countries when he saw a sign that let him know his late father was with him.

The son of NBC luminary and former "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert was on hallowed ground at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem when a particular moment hit home.

"There’s the Tomb of Christ. I have this very deep meditative state that I go into," he told Savannah Guthrie on TODAY on May 2. "I’m kind of shaking. So I walk out, and I don’t know what to do, and I started looking for something. And I see a Buffalo Bills yarmulke."

The elder Russert, who died in 2008, was raised in Buffalo and was a passionate Bills fan. He shared that passion with his son.

"Now I’m not Jewish, but my father loved the Buffalo Bills," Russert said. "I was like, well, I have to get that. And I said, well, the Western Wall is open. I get this now. Dad’s with me. He has been here every step of the way."

The moment is one of many captured in Russert's new book, "Look For Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself," which was released on May 2.

The book details Russert's travels to six continents over three years after quitting a successful television job and trying to come to terms with the death of his beloved father.

Russert, 37, describes how he dealt with his father's sudden passing from a heart attack at 58, just two days before Father's Day in 2008.

"It was soul-crushing," he told Savannah. "It was such a whirlwind."

He was only 22 when he delivered his father's eulogy in front of a crowd of mourners that included then-Vice President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama and late Sen. John McCain.

"It was quite nerve-wracking to be up there," he said. "And I felt my father there, too. So I knew I couldn’t let him down."

The younger Russert was hired by NBC shortly afterward and covered the 2008 presidential campaign and politics in Washington, D.C.

He shared an office with Savannah back when she was an NBC News correspondent in Washington. They also both experienced losing their fathers at a young age, as Savannah was 16 when her father died .

Russert worked to prove himself despite criticism of nepotism in being hired by NBC at such at a young age.

"It was hard," he said. "OK, I’m going to take this criticism, but that means I have to work 10 times harder to prove myself."

However, he walked away from it all in 2016.

"I liked the work, but some days it left me empty," he said. "And I had to get away from my last name. I had to get away from the world that I knew."

His soul-searching journey took him to dozens of countries, from Vietnam to Bolivia. It also led him to a better understanding of his mother, Vanity Fair correspondent Maureen Orth, who is a prominent journalist in her own right. He writes that the two admittedly had some tension between them.

"I did some traveling with her, and I began to understand her," he said. "I began to realize, 'Wow, this was somebody who was not given anything, had to work so hard for every single thing she had.' I get why you were pushing me so much."

It was one of many emotional revelations for Russert that changed his life over his three-year trek.

After the serendipitous Buffalo Bills moment in Jerusalem, he made sure to tuck a prayer into the Western Wall for his father.

“It’s his favorite verse,” Russert said. “'I have fought the good fight and keep the faith.’ I miss him every day, but I know he loves me, and I know he’s happy.”

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Luke Russert on losing his father, quitting journalism and traveling the world

This week on Jesuitical, we’re joined by Luke Russert, the author of the new memoir Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself . Luke is the son of Tim Russert, the legendary host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and served as an NBC News correspondent from 2008 to 2016. We talk to Luke about:

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In contrast with his father’s scrupulously fair style, Luke Russert injects politics throughout his new travel memoir.

Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself , by Luke Russert (Harper Horizon, 272 pp., $28.99)

T im Russert represented a gold standard of nonpartisan journalism. Though his personal views were likely left of center (he worked for Democrats, including Mario Cuomo and Daniel Patrick Moynihan), he was scrupulously fair, grilling Democrats and Republicans alike on Meet the Press until his untimely death in 2008. While reading his son Luke Russert’s new memoir, Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself , I felt nostalgic for an era when partisanship didn’t invade every crevice of public life. Indeed, I’m old enough to remember a time when you could read a book about travel or sports or art and not have to endure the author’s politics along the way.

Tim Russert went to my high school in Buffalo. Luke grew up in New York and D.C. but is a Bills fan, like his father (and me). I wrote a book about wanderlust and call myself a pathological traveler. I was eager to read about Luke’s three-year journey around the world and predisposed to like the book, but it was mostly disappointing.

Shortly after his father’s death, Luke Russert was hired right out of college by NBC News, his father’s employer, to cover the youth vote in the 2008 presidential election. The younger Russert then went on to become a congressional correspondent, covering Congress from 2009 to 2016. To his credit, Russert acknowledges the nepotism that helped him get his foot in the door.

At 30, eight years after his father’s death, he quit his job at NBC and drifted around the world, traveling to dozens of countries on six continents over a period of three years in what he calls a “quarter-life crisis.” He financed his travels with savings, inheritance money, and an insurance settlement that he received after his father’s death. Russert’s descriptions of his travels are often dull. Three years’ worth of international journeying should have yielded better stories than those he offers. A coup attempt takes place while he’s in Zimbabwe, for example, but he has almost nothing to say about it.

Russert also frequently digresses into politics in a way that his father never would have done, particularly in a book that’s supposed to be about personal grief and travel. He lectures a guy he meets in a Maine bar about how transgender bathroom laws might hurt some people’s feelings. He concludes, during a visit to Hiroshima, that America was wrong for dropping an atomic bomb there. He lectures about climate change and feels so strongly about nesting turtles that he assaults a French tourist who took flash photos of one on a beach in Sri Lanka. Russert explains his behavior by saying that he was being an “ugly American.” Actually, he was just acting like a jerk.

In Senegal, Russert visits the Door of No Return, where thousands of enslaved people were shipped to the Americas. He says that his Irish, Italian, and German ancestors “disliked the practice (of slavery) almost entirely because of wage stagnation, not morality.” It’s an “uncomfortable reality too many white folks ignore,” he says. How does he know that his ancestors felt this way? Russert never says; he just throws his family tree under the bus. At the door, he says he “feels the pain of the past.”

The years of strife in America related to slavery, the Dredd Scott decision, the Civil War, segregation, the lynchings of the Civil Rights era, the continual need for movements like Black Lives Matter, the modern day manifestations of racism which bind themselves to slavery, systemic inequality, race-baiting in politics, voter suppression, blackballing an NFL quarterback who took a knee to protest injustice, in some sense it all traces back to this door.

It takes some doing to tie the struggles of Colin Kaepernick, who has compared NFL players to slaves and made millions off his inability to get signed by a pro team, to the symbolic starting point for the Transatlantic slave trade, but Luke Russert gives it his best shot.

After Luke has traveled for a year and a half, often solo but sometimes with his mother, who foots the bills for the trips they take together, he finds himself cut off financially; his mother says she’ll no longer pay for any more trips because she wants him to get a job and settle down. But travel is a drug, as Russert correctly observes, and he stays on the move. Three-plus years into his vagabonding lifestyle, he reflects that he’s getting fat and hasn’t found happiness.

Russert moves to San Francisco, where he takes up skateboarding and champions the city, which he believes is unfairly maligned by conservative media. “I take umbrage when it’s ridiculed in the national media for its issues,” he writes. “Yes, there are unhoused folks down on their luck who need to have better access to social services. Yes, some streets could use a scrub but overall, there’s no place like San Francisco. Here I can be myself. I can be quirky and experimental.” He does not reflect on the potential connection between the huge numbers of homeless and the ample provision of those social services.

How does Russert justify writing such a book? “If I could inspire one person to better themselves or better understand themselves to take a risk, change direction or just realize it’s okay not to have everything figured out, to keep missing their lost loved ones, to be vulnerable, a project like a book might help me unlock my purpose. The journey has been for my benefit, but I see how it can help others.”

Maybe Look for Me There will resonate with readers mourning the loss of loved ones. Its best sections give us behind-the-scenes glimpses of what a wonderful father Tim Russert was. Right before he died, he was at his son’s new apartment, getting his cable and Internet hooked up for him while Luke was in Italy. And while many memoirists airbrush their lives, Luke Russert deserves some credit for honesty. He shares the details of a one-night stand on Easter Island. He details the pressures of having a demanding mother. He reflects with candor on the difficulties of having a famous dad. He acknowledges that he became somewhat of a lazy slob on the road. And he all but admits that he became a privileged, spoiled brat.

Russert also examines some of the dark sides of travel. Many people hit the road to cope with grief or in the wake of divorce or career problems, but few can escape their problems, as Russert admits. His forthrightness about becoming addicted to travel and producing social media content to fish for “likes” was compelling.

Look for Me There reveals a sort of generational divide. In Tim Russert’s day, journalists and public figures of all sorts understood the value of remaining nonpartisan when possible. Now, particularly among Millennials and Gen Z, liberals and progressives in journalism and seemingly every other field look to announce their politics whenever they can. I respect Luke Russert’s desire to be his own man and escape Tim Russert’s long shadow, but his memoir would have been better if he’d taken a page from his father and left the politics out.

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In Look for Me There , Luke Russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. On his journey to some of the world's most stunning destinations, he visits the internal places of grief, family, faith, ambition, and purpose--with intense self-reflection, honesty, and courage."--Savannah Guthrie, coanchor of Today

"Look for me there," news legend Tim Russert would tell his son, Luke, when confirming a pickup spot at an airport, sporting event, or rock concert. After Tim died unexpectedly, Luke kept looking for his father, following in Tim's footsteps and carving out a highly successful career at NBC News. After eight years covering politics on television, Luke realized he had no good answer as to why he was chasing his father's legacy. As the son of two accomplished parents--his mother is journalist Maureen Orth of Vanity Fair --Luke felt the pressure of high expectations but suddenly decided to leave the familiar path behind.

Instead, Luke set out on his own to find answers. What began as several open-ended months of travel to decompress and reassess morphed into a three-plus-year odyssey across six continents to discover the world and, ultimately, to find himself.

Chronicling the important lessons and historical understandings Luke discovered from his travels, Look for Me There is both the vivid narrative of that journey and the emotional story of a young man taking charge of his life, reexamining his relationship with his parents, and finally grieving his larger-than-life father, who died too young.

For anyone uncertain about the direction of their life or unsure of how to move forward after a loss, Look for Me There is a poignant reflection that offers encouragement to examine our choices, take risks, and discover our truest selves.

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"in look for me there , luke russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. on his journey to some of the world’s most stunning destinations, he visits the internal places of grief, family, faith, ambition, and purpose—with intense self-reflection, honesty, and courage.",   —savannah guthrie, coanchor of today, “look for me there,” news legend tim russert would tell his son, luke, when confirming a pickup spot at an airport, sporting event, or rock concert. after tim died unexpectedly, luke kept looking for his father, following in tim’s footsteps and carving out a highly successful career at nbc news. after eight years covering politics on television, luke realized he had no good answer as to why he was chasing his father’s legacy. as the son of two accomplished parents—his mother is journalist maureen orth of vanity fair—luke felt the pressure of high expectations but suddenly decided to leave the familiar path behind., instead, luke set out on his own to find answers. what began as several open-ended months of travel to decompress and reassess morphed into a three-plus-year odyssey across six continents to discover the world and, ultimately, to find himself., chronicling the important lessons and historical understandings luke discovered from his travels, look for me there is both the vivid narrative of that journey and the emotional story of a young man taking charge of his life, reexamining his relationship with his parents, and finally grieving his larger-than-life father, who died too young. , for anyone uncertain about the direction of their life or unsure of how to move forward after a loss, look for me there is a poignant reflection that offers encouragement to examine our choices, take risks, and discover our truest selves., “blown. away. luke russert’s story of heartbreaking loss and hard-earned self-discovery captivates from start to finish. this is the memoir of the year, if not the decade.”,  —elin hilderbrand, #1 new york times bestselling author of summer of ’69, “a rich and compelling account of family, grief, and coming of age. luke russert turns tragedy into rich lessons of life.”, —tom brokaw, legendary journalist and author of the greatest generation, “in look for me there, luke russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. in his journey to some of the world’s most stunning destinations, he visits the internal places of grief, family, faith, ambition, and purpose—with intense self-reflection, honesty, and courage.”, —savannah guthrie, coanchor of today, “a beautiful, well-written story of a young man coming into his own, finding his faith, and understanding his purpose.”, —maria shriver, acclaimed journalist and founder of the sunday paper, “one book, two remarkable and compelling journeys. luke russert puts to the test—and beyond any doubt validates—his perhaps unrivaled storytelling dna. . . . a colorful, insightful, and meticulously detailed travel diary that transports the reader to some of the world’s most intriguing cities, hidden corners, and fascinating cultures. and with those travels comes a mourning son’s poignant and brutally honest personal journey: to process devastating loss and grief, to wrestle with his sense of self and place, with questions of faith and family—and, ultimately, to balance the burden of expectations with the freedom of picking his own path.”, —john king, cnn chief national correspondent and host of inside politics, “this starts as the story of one father and one son, and soon grows into something much deeper and more profound: a meditation on loss and grief, a search for home, a journey to find a missing hero that leads the author finally back to himself., it is luke russert’s story, but in the end, the main character is you, the reader.”, — wright thompson , senior writer for espn and the bestselling author of pappyland and the cost of these dreams, buy the book, audio books, independent bookstores, harper collins publishers.

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Look for Me There

Grieving my father, finding myself.

by Luke Russert

• On Sale: 2023-05-02

Price: $28.99

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Book Summary

From journalist Luke Russert, an exploration of finding oneself and one’s place in the world in the face of crushing expectations and grief.

About the Book

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In  Look for Me There , Luke Russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. On his journey to some of the world’s most stunning destinations, he visits the internal places of grief, family, faith, ambition, and purpose—with intense self-reflection, honesty, and courage."—Savannah Guthrie, coanchor of  Today

“Look for me there,” news legend Tim Russert would tell his son, Luke, when confirming a pickup spot at an airport, sporting event, or rock concert. After Tim died unexpectedly, Luke kept looking for his father, following in Tim’s footsteps and carving out a highly successful career at NBC News. After eight years covering politics on television, Luke realized he had no good answer as to why he was chasing his father’s legacy. As the son of two accomplished parents—his mother is journalist Maureen Orth of  Vanity Fair —Luke felt the pressure of high expectations but suddenly decided to leave the familiar path behind.

Instead, Luke set out on his own to find answers. What began as several open-ended months of travel to decompress and reassess morphed into a three-plus-year odyssey across six continents to discover the world and, ultimately, to find himself.

Chronicling the important lessons and historical understandings Luke discovered from his travels,  Look for Me There  is both the vivid narrative of that journey and the emotional story of a young man taking charge of his life, reexamining his relationship with his parents, and finally grieving his larger-than-life father, who died too young. 

For anyone uncertain about the direction of their life or unsure of how to move forward after a loss,  Look for Me There  is a poignant reflection that offers encouragement to examine our choices, take risks, and discover our truest selves.

'In Look For Me There, Luke Russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. On his journey to some of the world's most stunning destinations, he visits the internal places of grief, family, faith, ambition and purpose--with intense self-reflection, honesty and courage.' 'A beautiful well-written story of a young man coming into his own, finding his faith and understanding his purpose.' 'Blown. Away. Luke Russert's story of heartbreaking loss and hard-earned self-discovery captivates from start to finish. This is the memoir of the year, if not the decade.' 'One book, two remarkable and compelling journeys. In Look for Me There, Luke Russert puts to the test -- and beyond any doubt validates - his perhaps unrivaled storytelling DNA. Worth the read just to take a vivid trip around the globe, a colorful, insightful and meticulously detailed travel diary that transports the reader to some of the world's most intriguing cities, hidden corners and fascinating cultures. And with those travels comes a mourning son's poignant and brutally honest personal journey; to process devastating loss and grief, to wrestle with his sense of self and place, with questions of faith and family -- and to ultimately balance the burden of expectations with the freedom of picking his own path. Look for Me There is bursting with fabulous storytelling, and with valuable life lessons.' 'One book, two remarkable and compelling journeys. In Look for Me There, Luke Russert puts to the test -- and beyond any doubt validates - his perhaps unrivaled storytelling DNA. Worth the read just to take a vivid trip around the globe, a colorful, insightful and meticulously detailed travel diary that transports the reader to some of the world's most intriguing cities, hidden corners and fascinating cultures. And with those travels comes a mourning son's poignant and brutally honest personal journey; to process devastating loss and grief, to wrestle with his sense of self and place, with questions of faith and family -- and to ultimately balance the burden of expectations with the freedom of picking his own path. Look for Me There is bursting with fabulous storytelling, and with valuable life lessons.' 'This starts as the story of one father and one son, and soon grows into something much deeper and more profound: a meditation on loss, and grief, a search for home, a journey to find a missing hero that leads the author finally back to himself. It is Luke Russert's story but in the end, the main character is you, the reader.' 'A rich and compelling account of family, grief and coming of age. Luke Russert turns tragedy into rich lessons of life.'

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780785291817
• ISBN 10: 0785291814
• Imprint: Harper Horizon
• List Price: $28.99
• Publisher: Harper Horizon
• Publication Date: 2023-05-02
• Category 1 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
• Category 2 : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood
• Category 3 : SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement
• Category 4 : TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues

Luke Russert

Luke Orth Russert is an Emmy Award–winning journalist who was an NBC News correspondent from 2008 to 2016, primarily covering American politics. Since leaving broadcast journalism, he is the author of Look for Me There , a travel memoir about his three-and-a-half-year journey around the world that took him to more than sixty-five countries. Based in Washington, DC, he is the son of journalists Maureen Orth ( Vanity Fair ) and the late Tim Russert (NBC's  Meet the Press ) .