AltWeeklies Wire
'Drum of War' Looks at Walt Whitman's Nonreligious Ministry During the Civil Warnew
Whitman recognized something that few writers of that era or after did: the Civil War's true meaning lay in the "valor of suffering -- not of men firing rifles," and certainly not in the fascination with battles and troop movements that has dominated Civil War studies.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
01-09-2009 |
Nonfiction
Bill Ivey Agruse that Copyright Holders are Hoarding Our Cultural Legacy in 'Arts, Inc.'new
Ivey, the former head of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1998 to 2001, passionately believes that the public's right to know--to experience--its cultural heritage is severely threatened by monopolistic corporations, overzealous copyright laws and the erosion of the concept of "fair use."
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
07-17-2008 |
Nonfiction
Thesis of 'Against the Machine' Ultimately Runs Off the Railsnew
In this a compact rant, cultural critic Lee Siegel nails some of the shibboleths of a Web 2.0 world in which too much connectivity results in social atomization.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Food' Tackles a Big Historynew
Ten historians survey the course of cuisine, starting with our hunter-gatherer ancestors, sojourning through various regional palates and ending with thoughts on the combination of "Novelty and Tradition" that tugs at diners today.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
01-17-2008 |
Nonfiction
A Look at How We Receive New Forms of Representationnew
In Uncanny Bodies, Robert Spadoni argues that during the silents-to-sound era of 1927–1931, movie audiences had to make a perceptual adjustment to accept the idea of synchronized sound.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
12-06-2007 |
Nonfiction
Standing Against Google's Book Projectnew
In his short polemic, Jeanneney, president of France's Bibliotheque nationale, expresses a wide range of European concerns about Google's initiative to digitize the world's printed heritage.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
11-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Making It New' Revisits the Heart of 1920s Artnew
This illustrated tribute to Sara and Gerald Murphy evokes the lost fizz of the 1920s, although at times the cavorting can seem precious and shallow. The Murphys anchored an artistic circle that encompassed Picasso, Cocteau, Hemingway, Dos Passos and more.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
10-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick'new
Thomas Bewick, a wood engraver in England helped nurture the public's interest in nature.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
08-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
