AltWeeklies Wire
Say What?new
Three books look at the way language shifts, unfolds and changes as people adopt ever more efficient ways of pronouncing words.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
06-27-2005 |
Nonfiction
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
Some Bad Shit, Hip-Hop Litnew
Hip-hop historians Bakari Kitwana and Brian Coleman keep it real on the page.
Dig Boston |
Chris Farone |
06-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
London Calling
A new book offers a guided tour of the Clash's history -- and city.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
06-16-2005 |
Nonfiction
How Sweet It Wasnew
Philadelphia music took the country by storm during the disco era. A House on Fire describes these singers' success without telling enough about their sound.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Freedberg |
06-10-2005 |
Nonfiction
Another Brick at the Wal
The United States of Wal-Mart takes frisky shots at the retail monolith.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-10-2005 |
Nonfiction
So You Want To Be Batman...
Batman may have written the book on crime-fighting, but you get to read it.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Author Doesn't Apologize for Wal-Martnew
John Dicker is refreshing for his willingness to hold everyone's feet to the fire -- CEOs, customers and critics alike. He calls Wal-Mart "a macro-sized microcosm of many of America's biggest socioeconomic clusterfucks."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
From the Bronx to South Central: Jeff Chang’s Epic History of Hip-Hopnew
Critic and activist Jeff Chang’s ambitious and thorough Can’t Stop Won’t Stop might be the best book ever written on hip-hop, precisely because he treats it and its attendant generation as the coda rather the song.
Boston Phoenix |
Hua Hsu |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Author Writes Admiringly About Americanew
Verso has come out with an updated edition of V.G. Kiernan's multidisciplinary history of America, from colonial days forward.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
06-02-2005 |
Nonfiction
Stuff Preservation
A Smithsonian Institution conservator breaks down how to preserve your personal treasures, from paintings to kids' macaroni art.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
06-02-2005 |
Nonfiction
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
New York Press Scribe Reflects on the 2004 Campaignnew
Matt Taibbi offers up a collection of his campaign diaries, columns and articles to try to make sense of the soul-searing debacle that was the 2004 election.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
06-01-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Matt Taibbi, Spanking the Donkey
A Hip Mama's Talesnew
The lessons in Bee Lavender’s autobiography are not about making dead animals look life-like but about getting through this life.
Jackson Free Press |
Skyla Dawn Luckey |
05-30-2005 |
Nonfiction
Moving Targetnew
A historian shows that, far from being born in the wake of the '60s-era Chicano Movement, bilingual education is part of the very fabric of Texas. Also reviewed is Craig Kaplowitz's Lulac: Mexican Americans and National Policy.
San Antonio Current |
Alejandro Perez |
05-27-2005 |
Nonfiction
