AltWeeklies Wire
'The East, the West, and Sex': Orientalism Unleashednew
The East, the West, and Sex, which is organized both by time period and by country, examines the idea of masculine Western colonization creating an idealistic portrayal of Asian culture, particularly those aspects dealing with heterosexual eroticism.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kathleen Jercich |
07-30-2009 |
Nonfiction
'Breadline USA' Examines the Reality of Hunger in Americanew
America's No. 1 health problem, the media relentlessly tell us, is obesity. Americans eat too much and we're the fattest people in the world. Except that, according to Sasha Abramsky, many Americans go hungry on a regular basis. And even many of those who aren’t hungry today suffer from what experts have taken to calling "food insecurity."
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
07-23-2009 |
Nonfiction
'The War on Bugs' Explores the Pesticide Agendanew
We've come a long way from arsenic-tainted food (arsenic and lead were popular pesticides for decades), but, as Will Allen rightly points out in his new book, our determination to slaughter pests and increase yields has had some far-reaching consequences on health -- both ours and the planet's.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
About our moneynew
How do the richer get richer? By taking money from wage-earners, through tax abatements, incentives, and subsidies.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
01-31-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Gore Attacknew
Someone exceptional seems to have erupted from the trappings of the old, more conventional politician -- the new Gore 2.0 talks smart and straight, and The Assault on Reason eviscerates the Bush administration while exploring the strange new American dialogue.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
06-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
Arden and Beaunew
Prize-winning poet Mark Doty's new memoir returns to the topic of grief -- this time, as explored on four legs.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mark Doty, Dog Years: A Memoir
Nature Studiesnew
Review of Gary Snyder's Back on the Fire: Essays and Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 60 Days and Counting.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Back on the Fire, Gary Snyder
A Boiling Over of the Massesnew
Talking 'bout a (Hungarian) revolution: Sebestyen provides an in-depth look at a nation struggling through such a transition.
Sacramento News & Review |
Edward Dunn |
01-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
War Studiesnew
Two recently published books offer suprisingly similar guidance about what to do about the war in Iraq.
Sacramento News & Review |
David G. Sweet |
01-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
Save It Nownew
It's now or never to save the Earth, E.O. Wilson writes in a new book, addressed to an imagined Southern Baptist minister.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
11-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
What Killed Gary?new
One writer offers a personal take on the new book about Gary Webb.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Kill the Messenger, Nick Schou
Still Howlingnew
Four new books celebrate the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's epic poem, including a documentary look at its banning in San Francisco and the subsequent obscenity trial.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
10-23-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Bill Morgan, Howl on Trial
Saving Souls, Losing Kidsnew
Two new memoirs, Jesus Land and Have You Seen My Mother? detail how religious fanaticism can affect children.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
02-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Uncomfortable White Peoplenew
Robert Jensen's new book looks at the persistence of white privilege.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
12-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
First, Last, Alwaysnew
Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, winner of this year's National Book Award for nonfiction, holds nothing back.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
