AltWeeklies Wire
The Further Adventures of Artbabenew
The graphic novelist Jessica Abel comes up from underground.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
03-22-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jessica Abel, La Perdida
The Space Racenew
It's a small world after all: Mike Davis takes a crowded look at global urban catastrophe.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mike Davis, Planet of Slums
Bloc Partynew
Recline and fall: Celine Dion translator's heart goes on -- into the ruins of Bucharest.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-23-2006 |
Nonfiction
Forced Exposurenew
As creator of the zine Rollerderby, Lisa Crystal Carver was one of the finest stylists of her generation, and her amazing elegy for the lost underground of the '80s cements her spot.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-13-2006 |
Nonfiction
Sliding Moresnew
The historical novelist's new book deftly evokes the '60s and '70s.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-13-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Sigrid Nunez, The Last of Her Kind
Watch Your Mouthnew
An Australian linguist flaunts her foul language as a badge of courage while charging that her academic peers "have allowed themselves to be affected by the taboo to the point that its exploration has been underresearched."
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
07-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
Wander Womannew
An apprentice to the world at large, Rebecca Solnit has made a life's work out of scavenging for connections. Her latest collection of essays sweeps through myriad varieties of loss, from objects to memories to love.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
07-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
Something Happenednew
The hero of John Haskell's debut novel "was in the middle of living happily ever after when something happened." His wife and car disappeared from a roadside gas station, setting him off on a wild-goose chase.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-13-2005 |
Fiction
Deflower Power: Mining the Depths of Reality TVnew
Erik Barmack nails the intricacies of reality dating show conventions in his debut novel. It's about a TV series called The Virgin, in which contestants have a chance to deflower an enigmatic woman named Madison.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-13-2005 |
Fiction
Coffee-Table Books with a Jagged Edgenew
Buying a coffee-table book once conferred a sense of your own good taste. It was only a matter of time before publishers began catering to the downwardly aspirational, offering cheap (well, not that cheap) voyages into other people's fringe or freaky existences.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
12-01-2004 |
Nonfiction
