AltWeeklies Wire
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
In Murky Watersnew
Intrigue and adventure abound in the tale of the Rebel ship Shenandoah, the Confederate raider that sailed around the world.
Nashville Scene |
Clay Risen |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Sea of Gray, Tom Chaffin
Polymathically Perversenew
Jonathan Ames finds pleasure in any subject and every quarter -- including his own ass.
Seattle Weekly |
John Dicker |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Space Racenew
It's a small world after all: Mike Davis takes a crowded look at global urban catastrophe.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mike Davis, Planet of Slums
The Dream Is Over
There aren't many winners in the American economic game.
Washington City Paper |
Ian Martinez |
02-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Faith Healingnew
The pages of historian Taylor Branch's third volume in his parallel biography of Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil-rights movement turn heavily.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
02-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: At Canaan's Edge, Taylor Branch
Just the Facts?new
There's a new kid in town, and his name is creative
nonfiction.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
02-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Jonathan Harr, The Lost Painting
The Big Book of Pornnew
Finally, a book about pornography that doesn't get buried in socio-scientific mumbo-jumbo about exploitation and instead focuses on the garish, classless fun of it all.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
02-02-2006 |
Nonfiction
Born to Losenew
Born an untouchable, born into a culture that executes rape victims -- sometimes your heritage just hurts.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
01-30-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Ghazal Omid, Living in Hell
The Crux of the Crustaceannew
Chomping down on David Foster Wallace’s new book of essays, Consider the Lobster.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
01-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
Deus Ex Mafianew
Is this the solution to America's greatest murder mystery?
Flagpole Magazine |
Donald E. Wilkes, Jr. |
01-25-2006 |
Nonfiction
Bloc Partynew
Recline and fall: Celine Dion translator's heart goes on -- into the ruins of Bucharest.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-23-2006 |
Nonfiction
Don't Ask, Don't Tellnew
A rising law-professor star's book analyzes the ways we pass.
The Village Voice |
Robert Ito |
01-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
My Ancestors' Violencenew
The traumatic effects of lynching reverberate to the present and are examined in two powerful books.
The Texas Observer |
Patrick Timmons |
01-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
All the News They Forgot to Printnew
This book examines the media's sins of omission, led by the lack of reporting on the Bush administration's slow but sure elimination of open government.
The Texas Observer |
Molly Ivins |
01-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
