http://www.ala.org/ala/mg…rs/summer09.pdf

Clinton, Kate. I Told You So. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009. hardcover. 189p. $22.00. ISBN: 9780807044421.

If you’ve never had the opportunity to enjoy Kate Clinton‘s brand of smart, in-your-face lesbian feminist humor this book provides a taste of what you’ve been missing. Over 80 short chapters (from collected columns and routines) are arranged chronologically by topics (i.e., Bawdy Politics, Faith-Based Comedy).

Kate examines the topics of our lives, usually political, always hilarious, often bittersweet. Until Rachel Maddow hit the scene, Kate was about the smartest lesbian comic out there; only now does she have some competition.

This is a volume that is best enjoyed being read aloud to friends and lovers (or, lover, if you’re that way).

So have you heard the one that goes: “Praying should be like doing your Kegel exercises: no one needs to know you are doing it and you achieve lovely results.” Put this in your collection, and thank you Kate, for helping to get us through the dark times with humor and heart.

Reviewed by Morgan Gwenwald
SUNY New Paltz