AltWeeklies Wire
Greg Keeler's Self-Portrait as Suckerfishnew
Trash Fish: A Life reads like real life all right. Messed-up, crap-shot, and unredeemed.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
09-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
Dionysus Downnew
Barbara Ehrenreich's equivocal history of joy.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
04-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Heart of Hartfordnew
Michael Downs' true tale of urban renewal.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
04-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
Fishing Linesnew
Jeff Hull's powerful first-person narratives of fishing with depressed patients, family and friends and ultimately himself.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
03-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
Evolutionary Apostasynew
Charles Darwin wasn't born to beef with God, but his insights continue to rock the religious.
Missoula Independent |
Jason Wiener |
11-09-2006 |
Nonfiction
Opting Out, Jumping Innew
Reporter Mark Matthews gives firefighting WWII conscientious objectors their due.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
09-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Mendacity 101new
Sirota's new book unveils the movers and the motives of big, bad money.
Missoula Independent |
Jason Wiener |
04-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: David Sirota, Hostile Takeover
Wild at Heartnew
Veteran and environmentalist (and veteran environmentalist) Doug Peacock takes a walk down (Edward) Abbey road.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
09-01-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Doug Peacock, Walking It Off
Behind the Lettersnew
Andrew Carroll traveled the world on his quest to preserve veteran voices -- including Kurt Vonnegut's.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
08-11-2005 |
Nonfiction
In It for the Mysterynew
Author Peter Stark kayaked the 750 kilometer Lugenda River -- largely unexplored and populated with crocodiles and hippos -- and recounts his adventure, and the history of the ones before his in his new book.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
07-14-2005 |
Nonfiction
Boots on the Groundnew
American Indians' struggle to defend their traditions and secure equal rights is portrayed as an essential chapter in the life of the United States.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
04-21-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Blood Struggle, Charles Wilkinson
Song of Sting's Selfnew
Sting, as a musician, began his public life sucking, quite literally suffered through a brief interlude in which he didn't suck, and as soon as opportunity arose returned to sucking. So it's pleasant to be able to report that his first literary outing doesn't, mostly, suck.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
04-07-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Sting, Broken Music
Men Are Dogsnew
A memoir defines the pleasures and pitfalls of Chick Lit.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
02-18-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Rachel Toor, The Pig and I
Abridged Too Farnew
In his account of his struggle with the tide of books he's bought, Nick Hornby tosses everything that is sacred -- but annoyingly fussy -- about book reviewing and communicates directly with readers.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
01-06-2005 |
Nonfiction
Stars and Barsnew
In spite of limitations, like not being allowed to talk to inmates, David Rose does a good job of making this faraway legal black hole known as Guantanamo come to life.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
12-16-2004 |
Nonfiction
