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The More Tom Waits Creates 'Tom Waits,' the Less Anyone Knows About Himnew
Outside of his showman's persona, Waits is intensely private, banking perhaps on the presumption that his fans possess a happy lack of curiosity about what fuels his greatness. Barney Hoskyns confirmed this trait the hard way while working on Lowside of the Road.
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
07-07-2009 |
Nonfiction
New Barthelme Biography Casts Light on a 'Hiding Man'new
Tracy Daugherty has dug deeply into the work and life of Donald Barthelme, and returned from his excavations with bright nuggets of insight into just how precisely Barthelme's life does illuminate his art.
The Texas Observer |
David Theis |
06-03-2009 |
Nonfiction
A 'Graphic History' of Intellectual Delinquencynew
This graphic anthology of "Beats" biographies mostly tells the intertwining stories of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, featuring those written by alternative comics king, Harvey Pekar.
Jackson Free Press |
Darren Schwindaman |
04-24-2009 |
Nonfiction
Man and Myth: The Flood of Lincoln Books Goes Onnew
The 11 essays Eric Foner has gathered attempt to wrestle from the mists of history and hagiography a balanced picture of the man who is almost certainly America's most sacred martyr: a sad-eyed, dour man in a stovepipe hat and beard that every schoolchild knows saved the country a long time ago.
INDY Week |
Gerry Canavan |
02-05-2009 |
Nonfiction
Tripping through the 'Twilight Zone'new
Not merely a puff piece, Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone portrays a complex view of the famed auteur.
San Antonio Current |
Rick Klaw |
02-04-2009 |
Nonfiction
