In The Thick of Thin, Larry Smith writes of a life full of personal challenges, a life full of consistent engagement with the larger world, and a life full of commitment to making it a better place�as a husband, father, writer, editor. Smith has worn a lot of hats, and he�s worn them well. His story here has the emotional resonance of all of his writing. Much of his life�s work has been focused on making the point that working-class lives like his in communities like his are important to our culture and history, and he makes that point more strongly than ever in telling of his own in this memoir. --Jim Daniels, author of Street Caligraphy

ラリー・スミスの「The Thick of Thin」は、一個人の回顧録という枠を超え、労働者階級の誇りと地域社会への献身が結晶化した、魂の記録です。彼が紡ぐ言葉は、夫、父、そして編者として積み重ねた歳月の重みを湛えており、私的な苦闘が普遍的な歴史へと昇華される瞬間を、驚くほど鮮烈に描き出しています。 特筆すべきは、名もなき人々の日常に宿る尊厳を掘り起こす、慈愛に満ちた筆致です。著者は自らの試練を社会をより良くしようとする揺るぎない意志へと変え、私たちの平凡な生こそが文化を形作る根幹であることを証明します。静かな感動が胸を打つ、まさに生きる勇気を与える一冊と言えるでしょう。