Book Reviews
A New Review from Goodreads
Wendy‘s review Oct 14, 12 Read from September 21 to October 09, 2012 When I started reading this autobiography by artist/author, Carlton Davis, I thought it would be a gruelling read. It’s not nice reading about people with severe mental illness and self-destructive tendencies, right? Actually, Davis has such a great grip on life, the […]
15Oct2012 | carlton | 1 comment | Continued
Mad Sisyphus – New Thoughts on an Old Book
“Madness,” by Marya Hornbacher, was published in 2008. It was a New York Times best seller at the time, but now it has faded to 300,000 in book sales on Amazon. It’s only 100,000 higher in sales than my own book, “Bipolar Bare,” which as a self-published work did not have the backing of a […]
20Apr2011 | carlton | 3 comments | Continued
Pasadena Weekly Article about Bipolar Bare
Laid ‘Bare’ Carlton Davis finds the way to recovery in ‘Bipolar Bare’ By Carl Kozlowski 08/05/2010 Carl Davis readily admits he’s lucky to be alive. Davis is not only the survivor of abusive parents and California’s notorious foster care system, but he also survived crack addiction that for a decade followed him in and out […]
17Aug2010 | carlton | 9 comments | Continued
Five Favorite Books
The LA Books Examiner asked me to write about five favorite books. I did this for non-fiction and added one novel with a graphic image to the mix. Follow the link below for the article. http://www.examiner.com/x-5892-LA-Books-Examiner~y2010m7d12-Five-favorite-books-by-artist-and-author-Carlton-Davis
17Aug2010 | carlton | 3 comments | Continued
