Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger

The Pot Issuenew

The local baddies when it comes to cannabis are the feds, the schools, the governor, bad musicians and the voters who overwhelmingly passed our medical-marijuana law but have not demanded teeth be put into it.

Sacramento News & Review | Matt Coker, Nick Miller, Cosmo Garvin, R.V. Scheide, Kel Munger, Geoff Johnson and Estee Lee | 08-24-2007 | Drugs

Tags: Drugs

Pop Rocksnew

This Father's Day, remember the best of Dad's musical generation.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 06-14-2007 | History

Tags: history

It's an Online Crimenew

A mock police website attracts victims with real crimes to report.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 06-07-2007 | Tech

Tags: computers & technology

Will Congressman John T. Doolittle Do Time?new

Does the downfall of a powerful California congressman mean something more than the latest corruption of a politician?

Sacramento News & Review | Ralph Brave and Kel Munger | 05-03-2007 | Politics

Arden and Beaunew

Prize-winning poet Mark Doty's new memoir returns to the topic of grief -- this time, as explored on four legs.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 04-13-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Mark Doty, Dog Years: A Memoir

Nature Studiesnew

Review of Gary Snyder's Back on the Fire: Essays and Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 60 Days and Counting.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 04-05-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Back on the Fire, Gary Snyder

War and Redemptionnew

An interview with poet Kevin Young, whose newest collection, For the Confederate Dead, tackles American history, grief and redemption.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 03-15-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: For the Confederate Dead, Kevin Young

The Iraq War in Numbersnew

More dead, more wounded, more money spent.

Sacramento News & Review | Scott Thomas Anderson and Kel Munger | 03-15-2007 | War

Tags: Iraq, WAR, in

Reading for a Rainy Daynew

When the weather outside is frightful, stay warm and dry with books and comfort food. Check out some of these new offerings.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 01-04-2007 | Books

Criminally Sexynew

If the world really was inhabited by the people in Brennan's imagination, there'd be a serial killer around every corner -- but when it comes to her books, should we dial ‘M’ for murder or making love?

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 12-14-2006 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Allison Brennan, Speak No Evil

What Killed Gary?new

One writer offers a personal take on the new book about Gary Webb.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 11-16-2006 | Nonfiction

Tags: Kill the Messenger, Nick Schou

Still Howlingnew

Four new books celebrate the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's epic poem, including a documentary look at its banning in San Francisco and the subsequent obscenity trial.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 10-23-2006 | Nonfiction

Tags: Bill Morgan, Howl on Trial