Anthony Landi is a rising Junior at Loyola University Maryland, interning with The Book Report Network. He writes for Loyola University's newspaper and has an AM radio show in Baltimore.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is many things: virtuoso drummer, producer, arranger, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon bandleader, DJ, composer, and tireless Tweeter. He is one of our most ubiquitous cultural tastemakers, and in this, his first book, he reveals his own formative experiences --- from growing up in 1970s West Philly as the son of a 1950s doo-wop singer, to finding his own way through the music world and ultimately co-founding and rising up with the Roots, a.k.a., the last hip hop band on Earth.
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October's Books on Screen roundup includes the films Verity, Sense and Sensibility, Klara and the Sun, Whalefall, Other Mommy and The Mosquito Bowl; the series premieres of "Carrie" on Prime Video and "East of Eden" on Netflix; the season premieres of CBS's "Tracker," USA Network's "The Rainmaker," and Prime Video's "The Terminal List"; the series finales of "A Tale of Two Cities" on MGM+ and "Marble Hall Murders" on PBS "Masterpiece"; the season finales of Apple TV's "Slow Horses" and USA Network's "Anna Pigeon"; the continuation of "R.J. Decker" on ABC and "Outlander: Blood of My Blood" on STARZ; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Frankenstein and Late Fame.