AltWeeklies Wire
Have Your Fall Books Yet?new
This autumn, hide inside, shun the cruel farce known as "society" and spend time with the one friend who won't ultimately betray you and leave you for dead: the printed word.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
09-20-2007 |
Books
What If Democracy Sucked?new
All Tim Davis did was set out to photograph what politics in America looks like right now; it's not his fault the modern political landscape is a desolate place.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
07-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: My Life in Politics, Tim Davis
Piss-And-Tellnew
Jong has photographed herself peeing all over New York, Florida, China, Mexico and Hawaii -- this book documents her spree.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
05-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Ellen Jong, Pees on Earth
Incarceration and Miserynew
Thanks to renowned photographer Tomas Roma’s latest offering, we’re free to dwell on Holmesburg Prison's palpable evil from the comfort of our living rooms.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Black Holenew
Black Hole, the new release by ex-RAW magazine artist Charles Burns, is a wonderfully disturbing and imaginative graphic novel.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
12-08-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Hole, Charles Burns
Tales From the Wrongfully Convictednew
Surviving Justice, a collaboration between McSweeney's and the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, is a well-researched exploration of America's unjust system of criminal conviction and exoneration.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
12-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
A Plank-worthy Novelnew
Fan-Tan is a novel that blends old-fashioned swashbuckling with ejaculations of racial slurs, profanity, gambling and deviant sex. It was originally conceived over 25 years ago as a collaboration between Brando and Cammell.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
11-09-2005 |
Fiction
Creative Writingnew
Bat Boy Lives! reminds the world just how prolific, and wide-reaching, Perel's Weekly World News reportage has been. After all, it gave us word of Elvis' being alive, pizza at the Last Supper, human cloning and alien infestations of the U.S. Capitol.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
11-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Bat Boy Lives!, David Perel
Exactly as the Title Saysnew
According to publisher McSweeney's Books, Bicycles Locked to Poles is a "mournful but pleasing collection, which features many of the best photographs of bicycles locked to poles ever taken." Enough said.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
11-09-2005 |
Original Work
Homeboy, Throw in the Towelnew
Famed honorary fourth Beastie Boy/New York City photographer Ricky Powell unloads on an unsuspecting reporter.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
10-06-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ricky Powell
FOUND Founder Tells Tall Talesnew
FOUND magazine founder Davy Rothbart talks about smoking meth with Arthur Miller and his new book, The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
09-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dalek and Larry Fink: Insane-o Artnew
New York publishers powerHouse relish in the end of days by releasing catalyst books of art from reclusive artist Dalek and incriminating political photographer Larry Fink.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
08-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Various Titles, Multiple authors
Author A.V. Jones Cleans the Streets, One Dead Pigeon at a Timenew
The founder of the People for the Unethical Treatment of Pigeons enlightens the masses with his murderous ornithology.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
06-29-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Legendary Crime Writer Likes His Writing Leannew
Elmore Leonard talks about his latest novel, The Hot Kid, along with his love of basketball and the beauty of writing.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
06-08-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elmore Leonard, The Hot Kid
A Look at the U.S. Army's New Age 'Supersoldiers'new
U.S. soldiers who try to train themselves to levitate and kill goats with a look? British author Jon Ronson uncovers the U.S. military's 30-year flirtation with New Age philosophy.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
06-01-2005 |
Nonfiction
