American Book Review of Teeth: An Oral History
Here's the long and very-much-getting-it-thank-you-Anna review of Teeth in the American Book Review Teeth: An Oral History John Patrick Higgins Sagging Meniscus Press 134 pages; Print, $16.00 Anna Rollins Finally, the pandemic gave John Patrick Higgins something to smile about. With a mask, he could grin without fearing the grimaces of others. In Teeth: An Oral History, Higgins provides a history of the mouth (his own and a handful of famous others) and invites the reader on a series of dental appointments to improve the quality and aesthetics of his own teeth. As he frames the beginning of the text: “Teeth, more than eyes, are the window to the soul.” The author clearly sees the world through the mouth. It is his prism for understanding the entire world. As Higgins establishes, teeth are not neutral parts of the body, in the way a hand or a foot or a lip may be. Teeth reveal character vices: a penchant for coffee or wine or sugar ...
