Archive for the ‘Book Awards’ Category

“Three Chords and the Truth” – The Amazing Ken Burns Does It Again

Posted by Mack W. Borgen August 21st, 2019

Blog No 103  August 22, 2019  “Three Chords and the Truth”    The Magic of Ken Burns’s Upcoming Documentary about Country Music By Mack W. Borgen Recipient of Eight National Book Awards   For a “cleaner” / non-email presentation of this and my other blogs, essays, and articles, please go to my website at https://www.mackwborgen.com/    […]

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Don McLean’s “American Pie” and Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” – America’s Best Song Lyrics – Part 8

Posted by Mack W. Borgen April 30th, 2019

Blog No 98  May 1, 2019  The Best Song Lyrics of Modern America– Part 8 – The Poetry of Modern America – By Mack W. Borgen Author, National Award-Winning Dead Serious and Lighthearted – The Memorable Words of Modern America – Volume I (1957-1976), Volume II (1977-1993), and Volume III (1994-2015) (Published 2018-2019); The Relevance of Reason – The Hard […]

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Now Four Great Book Reviews – Including From Renowned Kirkus Reviews

Posted by Mack W. Borgen September 28th, 2018

Press Release and Blog No. 82 October 2, 2018 (Prepared by Schmitt & Brody Publishers, Santa Barbara, California) Newly Released Book Reviews of Mack W. Borgen’s Dead Serious and Lighthearted – The Memorable Words of Modern America –  Volume I (1957-1976) (508 pp)(Released March 27, 2018); Volume II (1977-1993) (400 pp) (Released August 13, 2018) and Volume […]

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Book Award and First Book Review

Posted by Mack W. Borgen June 11th, 2018

I Am Pleased to Announce That My Latest Book, Dead Serious and Lighthearted – Volume I Has Just Received Best Book of the Year (General Nonfiction) (2nd Place) San Francisco 2018 Book Festival In Addition A Great Review From — The US Review of Books — Excerpts: “Opening this book feels like unlocking a time […]