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- Comment: It is simple for me to say, this article should be for the book, Muck City. Reviews of books cannot be used for the author because it has nothing to inform if not about the book. Clearly not notable per WP:NAUTHOR and WP:NJOURNALIST as the case may be. Please direct this article to the proper name it should be, just as the source reads. Cheers! Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 06:04, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Potentially WP:N, however, sources border on WP:ROUTINE Chetsford (talk) 05:06, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
Bryan Mealer is a journalist and author in the United States. He covered conflict in Congo[1] and wrote a book about it.[2] He wrote the book Muck City about football programs in economically impoverished agricultural communities of South Florida.[3][4] He was the co-author of the memoir The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind was based on.[5] He wrote a book about his family's heritage in Texas.[6][7][8] He has written for publications including The Guardian and Texas Monthly.
Kirkus Reviews described his book on his experiences covering the war in Congo as containing "Gutsy, richly descriptive recollections effectively conjure grisly events in a troubled nation."[9]
The New York Times reviewed his book Muck City about the Glades Central High School Raiders of Belle Glade, Florida and the pursuit of football success.[10] The Palm Beach Post called the book a lesson-filled trip into the past against a backdrop of AIDs, murder, drug use, and tragedy.[11] Kirkus Reviews described it as a "stirring tale of sports as a means of escape from dire circumstances" in Florida's cane sugar producing region.[12] Publishers Weekly noted "it chronicles the evolution of high school football in Belle Glade, Fla.—among the poorest communities in the U.S. and defined by the fertile black silt that helped build a sugarcane-farming empire."[13] Mealer was interviewed about the book on NPR in 2012.[14]
Books
edit- All Things Must Fight to Live: Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo (2008)[15]
- Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football’s Forgotten Town (2012) Crown Archetype ISBN 978-0-307-88862-4[16]
- The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and One Family’s Search for the American Dream (2018) Flatiron ISBN 978-1-250-05891-1[17]
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (2009) co-authored with William Kamkwamba William Morrow & Company ISBN 978-0-06-173032-0[18]
References
edit- ^ "Half a World Away, and at War". www.austinchronicle.com.
- ^ "ALL THINGS MUST FIGHT TO LIVE | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ Jennings, Jay (December 28, 2012). "Must Win". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ https://www.npr.org/transcripts/163537425?storyId=163537425?storyId=163537425
- ^ Seminary, Union (October 30, 2019). "A Journalistic Ministry". Union Theological Seminary.
- ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-kings-of-big-spring-review-theres-oil-in-their-blood-1523487092
- ^ "Bryan Mealer's 'The Kings of Big Spring' is a family tale as big and sprawling as Texas". Dallas News. February 1, 2018.
- ^ "Everything is Bigger". www.tbr.txst.edu. June 17, 2021.
- ^ "ALL THINGS MUST FIGHT TO LIVE | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ Jennings, Jay (28 December 2012). "Must Win". The New York Times.
- ^ Greer, Jeff. "Review: 'Muck City' much more than football". The Palm Beach Post.
- ^ "MUCK CITY | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ "Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town by Bryan Mealer".
- ^ https://www.npr.org/transcripts/163537425?ft=nprml&f=163407044
- ^ Reviews for All Things Must Fight to Live:
- "All Things Must Fight to Live: Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo by Bryan Mealer". Publishers Weekly.
- "All Things Must Fight to Live" - Kirkus Reviews
- "Book Reviews: All Things Must Fight to Live" - The Christian Science Monitor
- "Congo Cases: The Stories of Human Rights History" - Humanity
- "All Things Must Fight to Live: Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo" - The Booklist
- "Congo: The Forgotten Conflict" - Time
- "Congo correspondent tells personal tale of terrible war" - The News Tribune
- "In the valley of the gun" - Austin American-Statesman
- ^ Reviews for Muck City:
- "Must Win" - The New York Times
- "Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football’s Forgotten Town" - Publishers Weekly
- "For Some, Gridiron The Only Escape From 'Muck City'" - NPR
- "Review: ‘Muck City’ much more than football" - The Palm Beach Post
- "'Muck City' Tells Of Athletic Success Amid Social Challenges" - WBUR
- "Muck City by Bryan Mealer" - WGCU-FM
- "Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town" - The Booklist
- "Inside high school football" - Sarasota Herald Tribune
- "Mealer writes insightful story of 'football's forgotten town,' Belle Glade, Fla." - Wilmington News-Journal
- "Tough town's gridiron drama" - The Miami Herald
- "'Muck City:' A football book and so much more" The Palm Beach Post
- "Out of the 'Muck,' a rich story" - The Palm Beach Post
- "Suggestions for sporty Santas: Muck City" - The Ottawa Citizen
- ^ Reviews for The Kings of Big Spring:
- "Bryan Mealer's 'The Kings of Big Spring' is a family tale as big and sprawling as Texas" - The Dallas Morning News
- "‘The Kings of Big Spring’ Review: There’s Oil in Their Blood" - The Wall Street Journal
- "The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and One Family’s Search for the American Dream" - Publishers Weekly
- "Review: 'The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and One Family's Search for the American Dream,' by Bryan Mealer" - Star Tribune
- "Everything is Bigger" - Texas Books in Review
- "A New Book Tells Big Spring Oil History, As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Texan Family" - Texas Standard
- "Boom and Bust in Big Spring" - Texas Observer
- "Searching for the dream" - San Antonio Express-News
- "Texas Reads: 2 Texas books gain national attention" - Abilene Reporter News
- "A Tale of Two Texas Families" - Texas Monthly
- ^ Reviews for The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind:
- "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope" - Publishers Weekly
- "‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer" - The Los Angeles Times
- "Review of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition" - The Horn Book
- "Author's visit inspires pupils to dream big" - The Republic
- "Auburn University selects 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' as 2014-15 Common Book" - The Opelika-Auburn News
- "'The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind'" - The Dunn County News
- "Story of Malawian boy is powerful" - The Plain Dealer
- "Nature turned to help others" - Rocky Mount Telegram