AltWeeklies Wire
Saving Souls, Losing Kidsnew
Two new memoirs, Jesus Land and Have You Seen My Mother? detail how religious fanaticism can affect children.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
02-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Uncomfortable White Peoplenew
Robert Jensen's new book looks at the persistence of white privilege.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
12-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Happy Pagan Feast Day, Mr. O'Reillynew
Here's why the right chose the wrong side in the so-called "War on Christmas."
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
12-21-2005 |
Commentary
First, Last, Alwaysnew
Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, winner of this year's National Book Award for nonfiction, holds nothing back.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
The Neocon's Bathtubnew
New Orleans shows what the radical oligarchs have in store for the rest of us.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
09-21-2005 |
Commentary
The Macho in Menew
One female writer joins the Sacramento Kings of Drag to explore the gender divide and release the masculine within.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
08-01-2005 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Unapologeticnew
A new edition of The Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser reminds us that the personal is still political.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
07-20-2005 |
Poetry
Oil Apocalypsenew
Two books on the crisis in oil production aren't what you'd call light summer reading. Still, the warning they carry is at least as important as any reminder about sunscreen.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
06-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Those Crazy Americans!new
Two new nonfiction offerings prove there's a lot of genuine craziness out there.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
05-18-2005 |
Poetry
Crime and Effectnew
Rachel King's new book allows family members' stories to reveal why state-sanctioned killing is not the answer.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
Forgive and Survivenew
Martha Beck's memoir of overcoming abuse is more about thriving rather than merely surviving, and it includes some insider information on life as a Utah Mormon.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
The Medieval Empirenew
Is resistance futile as America goes feudal? And what will the "new feudalism" look like?
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-13-2005 |
Commentary
Empire! Intrigue! Murder!new
Jay Feldman’s new book shakes up American frontier history with an exploration of the massive New Madrid earthquakes.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
03-23-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Young and Uninformednew
David T.Z. Mindich looks at why young people are tuning out the news.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
12-30-2004 |
Nonfiction
Just the Flunew
John M. Barry's exhaustive history of the the 1918 influenza epidemic provides a very timely context.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-05-2004 |
Nonfiction
