“Joseph Sutton weaves an enchanting and entertaining spell in his selected writings. This is truly Sutton at his best!” —John Rothmann, talk show host KGO-AM…
“Reading Joseph Sutton’s book was very comforting in these strange coronavirus times. Selected writings were taken from eight of his books. The pieces about his…
“This is a great preview of Joseph Sutton’s repertoire of writing through his 50 year career. I especially enjoyed the part of the book about…
“If I wasn’t a witness to the events unfolding with Donald Trump as the President of the United States, I would’t believe a word of…
“So true yet so sad about Joseph Sutton’s Trump Times being the reality in America! We Americans are beset with many delusional and irrational people blinded…
Joseph Sutton’s Trump Times is an excellent compilation of the chief features and chief motives that make up Trump’s character. It’s a painful reminder of…
“Sometimes I come across an unexpected gem. My Writing Year: Making Sense of Being a Writer is one of them. Joseph Sutton set himself the…
“Joseph Sutton has gone beyond just a criticism of Donald Trump, he has intellectually developed a comprehensive criticism of everything Trump! He has hit all…
“SF Giants Fan’s Journal” is such a cool insider’s view of those three championship years as they were unfolding. I can so relate and am…
“The Bar of Soap is a collection of well-written, poignant stories covering the gamut of human emotions and situations. There are stories of homeless people,…
“As a (not very prolific) writer, I enjoyed the simplicity of the advice in Joseph Sutton’s This Writing Life and the can-do attitude it embodies. There…
“The Life and Death of Abraham Massry and Other Stories is a well-written, engaging account of growing up in mid- to late-20th century U.S.A. Joseph Sutton takes…
“I wished this book could go on and on. Wonderful stories, snippets from a life.” —Delia Moon, Kindle review
“I highly recommend This Writing Life, a gem of a book to anyone who dreams of becoming a writer, who is already a writer, or who…
“I really enjoyed reading This Writing Life. I liked Joseph Sutton’s advice to people who want to be writers that they actually have to sit down and…
Joseph Sutton’s voice comes through on every page in The Bar of Soap: 31 City Stories. I especially loved four stories of his
I really enjoyed the intertwined tale of the San Francisco Giants’ ‘march to greatness’ seasons and the Joseph/Ray Sutton ‘march to destiny’ life saga.
I really liked the very personal, intimate, simple details of Joseph Sutton’s life with his son vis-à-vis the San Francisco Giants.
“Joseph Sutton’s San Francisco Giants: A Fan’s Journal is a beautiful love letter to baseball.” —Damon Bruce, radio talk show host, KNBR-AM San Francisco
“Joseph Sutton’s “The Life and Death of Abraham Massry and Other Stories” is a one-of-a-kind book. Wow! I wish I had written it. A truly…
Joseph Sutton’s Father and Son is a classic of a father-son relationship.
As with all of Joseph Sutton’s writing, he lays his feelings out there, something that not all that many writers do.
Baseball is not just a sport for Joseph Sutton; it’s a way of life. In his new book, “San Francisco Giants: A Fan’s Journal 2010,…
I have never been a person that is particularly interested in sports, but I am deeply interested in the stories that surround them.
“As a lover of quotations and amateur aphorist, I read Words of Wellness from cover to cover and transcribed many of the wonderful quotations as…
“Joseph Sutton has written a very readable book in Father and Son! His forthright account of the ups-and-downs in a father/son relationship is insightful. I…
“I spent the day reading Joseph Sutton’s new book, Father and Son: Thirty Years of Growing Up Together, and very much enjoyed it. It’s a…
“Joseph Sutton’s Father and Son is an example of how a real man acts and thinks: he is loving, compassionate, honest and tender. Let’s not…
“I enjoyed A Class of Leaders and the theme of questioning authority. Today the No Child Left Behind Act graduates many domesticated robots who are…
“Without a doubt, Joseph Sutton’s Highway Sailor is one of the best road novels I’ve ever read.” —Hal Goldstein, actor
“I enjoyed A Class of Leaders immensely. I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes to read about the many challenges a teacher faces…
“I loved Joseph Sutton’s Highway Sailor. especially his fresh voice with its quirky wisdom and poetic imagery…”
My Writing Year is my favorite of all of Joseph Sutton’s books because it is about the creative process
Joseph Sutton has a lot to say about writing in My Writing Year. I particularly liked his emphasis on actually writing—getting words down as a…
Joseph Sutton’s My Writing Year is perfect for every aspiring writer out there. He has so much to say about writing and persevering at writing.
Joseph Sutton is a man in love with WRITING. He gifts the reader with 52 inspirational essays why writers are the luckiest people in the…
“Joseph Sutton’s “San Francisco Giants: A Fan’s Journal” is a wonderful, wonderful book. It’s not just the celebration of the San Francisco Giants winning three…
“Joseph Sutton’s “San Francisco Giants: A Fan’s Journal” chronicles three championship seasons. The hook of it is not only a succinct journal of San Francisco’s…
“As a father of an 11-year old Little Leaguer, I find Joseph Sutton’s “San Francisco Giants: A Fan’s Journal” truly remarkable. It’s touching what he…
“Joseph Sutton has created a rare story that everyone will want to read — kids, adults, baseball fans, anyone who wants to know that with…
“What a great idea Joseph Sutton has, combining the San Francisco Giants’ three World Series championship seasons with reflections on coaching his son’s Little League…
“As a former teacher, I think Joseph Sutton’s A Class of Leaders is amusing, heart-warming and instructive.” —Judith Levy-Sender
“A Class of Leaders is a wonderful novel. It’s well told, moves briskly, has a moral, and it looks back at a time (1969) and…
“I thoroughly enjoyed A Class of Leaders. The students’ voices, in their speech and written notes, are exceptional. It’s Joseph Sutton’s best.” —Gerald Rosen, author…
“I was intrigued with the whole concept of the democratic classroom in A Class of Leaders and how Joseph Sutton brought it to life. I…
“I couldn’t put A Class of Leaders down. Joseph Sutton’s novel is a captivating read with fascinating insights and interesting subplots.” —Ray Balbes, artist
“I was almost in tears after finishing Joseph Sutton’s A Class of Leaders.” —Hal Goldstein, actor
“It was the time of riots, drugs and the Vietnam War. It was 1969. Josh Sampson, a white teacher in an all black inner-city high…
“I love the honesty and authenticity of Joseph Sutton’s voice. The fear of the writer is revealed in his book Write Now!, mirroring the fear…
“I thoroughly enjoyed reading Joseph Sutton’s Write Now! Again, like in his Morning Pages, I could identify with so much. In this case it’s his…
“Joseph Sutton does it again in Write Now! as he chronicles the trials, tribulations and downright humiliations of being a writer…”
“Reading Write Now! is like watching a Polaroid picture develop. You become part of the process.” —Delia Moon, film producer, publisher and writer
“Joseph Sutton lets us into his writer’s world, and into his life, and shows us the way: A daily practice of putting words to page.…
“If you’re a writer or want to be a writer, Write Now! will lead you into the writer’s life–to the life of rejection, questioning your…
“Morning Pages is truly inspiring! In fact, so much so, that I have started to write down my own ‘recollections.’ Joseph Sutton makes his stories…
Joseph Sutton is the master of the personal essay. In a handful of pages, he tells a small tale and ends each with an epiphany.
Joseph Sutton, God bless him, writes in the grand storyteller tradition of Jean Shepherd and William Saroyan
In Morning Pages, Sutton incorporates several short stories—amalgamating truth and fiction—which appear as if written by Halaby. A writer, Halaby is “having trouble writing” until…
San Francisco writer Joseph Sutton’s novel, Morning Pages: The Almost True Story of My Life, provides a rare glimpse into all the thoughts and feelings…
Syrian-Jewish writer and Los Angeles native Joseph Sutton (b. 1940) has just published his first novel, Morning Pages: The Almost True Story of My Life,…