AltWeeklies Wire
Writer Collaborates With Iraqi Refugee to Tell a Different Story From Iraqnew
What Justin Sirois wanted to do was offer a different perspective of the war that wasn't being as accessibly covered in conventional war journalism. He wanted to argue that there might be more going on than journalism can offer. He wanted to tell a different story.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
12-21-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Thomas Pynchon's 'Inherent Vice' is an Endlessly Entertaining Variation on the Detective Yarnnew
Unlike any previous Pynchon work, Vice fully embraces genre. And in doing so it's difficult to tell if the genre is merely pliable enough to accommodate all of Pynchon's literary whims or if the now 72-year-old author has basically been riffing on this form his entire career.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
08-25-2009 |
Fiction
A New Study Storms the Barriers Between Punk and Metalnew
Whether you agree with the author or not, This Ain't the Summer of Love considerably raises the bar for engaged exploration of music subcultures.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-31-2009 |
Nonfiction
Irvine Welsh Keenly Appropriates the Boilerplate American Crime Novelnew
It's amazing what a linguistically gifted writer can do once he decides to wander outside the confines of his comfort zone.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
09-30-2008 |
Fiction
Tags: crime, Irvine Welsh
Noir Treknew
Kevin Johnson's impromptu career in rare books has turned out a lovely crime-fiction tome.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kevin Johnson, The Dark Page
Dennis Cooper Meets Osamu Dazainew
Ryu Murakami isn't afraid of the horrific side of contemporary life, which he renders in writing of an almost unbearable calm serenity.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-10-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Piercing, Ryu Murakami
American Dreamsnew
Performance artist Karen Finley does sociopolitical slash fiction.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-19-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: George and Martha, Karen Finley
Masterpiecenew
Despite some psychological overreaching, this new biography of 20th century art giant Willem de Kooning stands as the definitive account of his genius and turbulent life.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
01-19-2005 |
Nonfiction
