Ham: Slices of a Life (Harris) - Book Reviews

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The essays in Ham are both rip-roaringly funny and sentimental, drawing natural (and justified) comparisons to David Sedaris and David Rakoff.
Esquire


Reading singer-actor Harris’s essays is like having your smartest gay BFF propped up on your pillow sipping cosmos, regaling you with gossip and his keen wit.
People


[V]ividly crafted series of essays.... Harris, the first-season champion of Star Search in 1983, explores his youth in Sand Springs, Okla.; he felt he was “odd and bizarre and deviant,” an unathletic kid whose father, the high school band leader, was embarrassed by but resigned to Harris’s obsession with theater... “Liver” is the most hilarious piece of this charmingly candid collection.
Publishers Weekly


It turns out that the pop singer has the writing chops to tell a good tale, but be prepared for a slew of name-dropping.... There's melancholy aplenty, but most of the stories are uplifted by Harris' quirky sense of humor.... Entertaining and occasionally moving tales from the wilds of showbiz.
Kirkus Reviews