AltWeeklies Wire
Just the Facts?new
There's a new kid in town, and his name is creative
nonfiction.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
02-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Jonathan Harr, The Lost Painting
People Who Care About Strangersnew
Barasch’s "field notes" are not sermons but tales of true people (and animals) who have chosen the road less traveled and, in doing so, found their way.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
09-02-2005 |
Nonfiction
After the Shine Went Out of Everythingnew
Burkhardt, an assistant professor of English at the University of Illinois at Springfield, has turned her substantial knowledge of Maxwell's work and her unprecedented access to his papers into the first major critical study of this important author.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
04-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
Abe's High Lonesome Soundnew
Ronald C. White Jr. illustrates Lincoln's political maturation, tracing his trajectory in the simplicity and grace of his words. White believes that the quality of the president's rhetoric was the thread that held the Union together.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
02-11-2005 |
Nonfiction
The First George W.new
This book convinces readers that without George Washington, we might all still be British subjects. If ever there was an example of how one man can shape the world, the first George W. is it.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
11-08-2004 |
Nonfiction
All Good Things Come to an Endnew
A Howard Dean campaign worker turns the story of the little engine that couldn't quite scale the final hill into a discussion of how the Dean team transformed the way America plays politics.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
09-02-2004 |
Nonfiction
Rally 'Round the Books, Boysnew
George W. Bush's administration has been disastrous for forests, as evidenced by a glance at bookstore shelves. Dead trees take the form of scathing and scathingly funny critiques: It's enough to concern the most passive "arbolist."
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
08-12-2004 |
Nonfiction
Paging Elvis and Other Rock 'n' Roll Fantasiesnew
This book on the myths, legends, and curses surrounding rock 'n' roll will entertain anyone who's ever used a turntable to play Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" backward.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
07-22-2004 |
Nonfiction
