AltWeeklies Wire
O Twin, Where Art Thou?new
In seeking out her long-lost brother, Mona, the central character of twin time: or, how death befell me, seeks to understand the reasoning behind her mother's decision to abandon her and her father.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
01-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
Re-Examining the Relationship Between Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklasnew
Two Lives continually calls attention to the pitfalls and pratfalls of literary biography; in this regard, whatever the veracity of the episodes uncovered, Malcolm's work can be considered an honest enterprise.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
12-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Blood and Soil' Looks at Lands of The Lostnew
This tome mines the links between systemic population exterminations and conquest.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
11-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Epiphanies Rare in 'Dead Boys'new
If you can think of a well-worn male stereotype, it's in here: the gruff ex-con, the bitter drunk, the hopeless junkie, the down-and-out prodigal son, the existentially numb cubicle rat.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
10-23-2007 |
Fiction
Michael Collier's Collection Falls Flatnew
It's difficult to say why exactly Maryland's former poet laureate felt the need to publish Make Us Wave Back: Essays on Poetry and Influence, but the end result reads like a dumping ground for academic studies, all-too-brief personal essays, lengthy reportage, and even an interview.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
10-16-2007 |
Poetry
Don DeLillo's Slender Novel Shows Impressive Depthnew
If Underworld was an epic exploration of the political and cultural machinations of an entire era in American history, then Falling Man is a subtle snippet of said history, subversive in how it undermines exactly what we crave and expect from this popular chronicler of our country's highs and lows.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
09-11-2007 |
Fiction
Portraits of the Fundamentalist as a Young Mannew
Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Yasmina Khadra's The Sirens of Baghdad take on the challenge of sympathetically looking through the eyes of the inscrutable.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
06-26-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
History Never Forgetsnew
Two documentaries forever defined German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
05-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
Dudes Look Like a Maybenew
Journalist Charlie Leduff goes looking for the rugged American man -- and may be still looking for him.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
05-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
Assume the Positionnew
Two professors tackle the pseudoscience of making an ass out of you and me.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
11-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
