AltWeeklies Wire
Kevin Young's inner poet and professor wrestle in The Grey Albumnew
The Emory professor takes on the breadth of African-American culture in his ambitious nonfiction work.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
03-07-2012 |
Nonfiction
Tags: kevin young, the grey album
What Comes After Black?new
Cultural critic and author Touré explores the concept of post-blackness in his new book.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
09-26-2011 |
Nonfiction
'The Eastern Stars': Like Baseball For Sugarnew
In his new book The Eastern Stars, author Mark Kurlansky sets out to explain how baseball became as important as sugar in the Dominican town of San Pedro de Macorís.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
04-27-2010 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mark Kurlansky, The Eastern Stars
Anthology Looks Back at the Year in Atlanta Artnew
FORM: artistic independence, an annual publication now in its second year, selects submissions from artists who live within 100 miles of Atlanta and binds them together in a big, hardbound book. Williams-England, a nonprofit design firm based out of WonderRoot Studio, has done an admirable job designing the volume.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
01-12-2010 |
Nonfiction
'Love at the Pub' Pours on the Praise for Decatur’s Brick Store Pubnew
There's something sweet in the task Mary Jane Mahan sets out to accomplish with Love at the Pub: An Insider's Guide to Craftsmanship, Conversation and Community at the Brick Store Pub. Mahan takes a small business – Decatur's Brick Store Pub – and turns it into a mythological realm.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Besha Rodell |
01-12-2010 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Love at the Pub, Mary Jane Mahan
A Biography of Ayn Rand Examines Her Intellectual Legacynew
Jennifer Burns had access to Rand’s journals, letters and private papers. She’s put that access to good use in Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, a vivid, intellectual portrait of the woman born as Alisa Rosenbaum in 1905.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
01-12-2010 |
Nonfiction
State of the Artnew
Inside punk rock's morph from close-knit community to corporate-funded commodity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
07-19-2007 |
Nonfiction
More Creative and Influential than Bob Dylan?new
Donovan's delightful cosmic swirl is a fascinating oral history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
05-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
Life in the South from the 40s Through the Early 60snew
A book by one of the most successful country songwriters in the world
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
04-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Caucasian Persuasionnew
It ain't always easy being a white fan of hip-hop.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
02-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
Fun and Breezynew
"Bling is a concept, a sound effect, a light refraction, a lifestyle," write authors Reggie Osse and Gabriel Tolliver in the introduction to Bling.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Air Apparentnew
Turoque takes us behind the scenes of surprisingly competitive international air-guitar contests.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Noah Gardenswartz |
08-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Channeling Wisdom Through Clichenew
Rev Run's inspirational blurbs can be enlightening, if not redundant.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Sonia Clark |
04-14-2006 |
Nonfiction
Pulling No Punchesnew
Grievous Angel fails to provide any more tangible insight into Gram's troubled psyche.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
02-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Critic as Artistnew
By drawing out preconceived notions and puts them under the microscope, Kogan truly shines as not just a critic of music, but of the culture at large.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
