AltWeeklies Wire
The Onion Gets Stale With 'Our Dumb World'new
Our Dumb World more closely resembles a reference book of tired stereotypes than a fresh atlas-platform for inventive lampoons.
Dig Boston |
Mark Polanzak |
11-07-2007 |
Nonfiction
'(Not That You Asked)': I'm Telling You Anywaynew
This guy's not gonna stop writing this drivel until he gets a TV show -- so just buy the stupid book and file it under "literary pityfuck."
Dig Boston |
Steve Almond |
08-15-2007 |
Nonfiction
Baby Got Backnew
Even the 19th-century's most educated individuals were rendered simple-minded by Baartman's booty-shaking.
Dig Boston |
Zak M. Salih |
01-31-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: African Queen, Rachel Holmes
Intensive TMInew
If you don't really want to know what the boot-in-bush ritual is (hint: yes, it's exactly what you think), then this isn't the book for you.
Dig Boston |
Mason Stewart |
11-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
What If Democracy Sucked?new
All Tim Davis did was set out to photograph what politics in America looks like right now; it's not his fault the modern political landscape is a desolate place.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
07-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: My Life in Politics, Tim Davis
On Writing Songs for Clay Aikennew
This book is aimed primarily at those willing to hawk their wares as full-time songwriters -- not singers or bandleaders, but the kind of pencil-pushing music geeks who stay home all day working out songs on notepads and MIDI keyboards.
Dig Boston |
Matt Parish |
06-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Piss-And-Tellnew
Jong has photographed herself peeing all over New York, Florida, China, Mexico and Hawaii -- this book documents her spree.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
05-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Ellen Jong, Pees on Earth
The World's Greatest Fighter Chokesnew
You might not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you can sure as hell judge the author who wrote it.
Dig Boston |
Aaron Lecklider |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
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
Tales From the Wrongfully Convictednew
Surviving Justice, a collaboration between McSweeney's and the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, is a well-researched exploration of America's unjust system of criminal conviction and exoneration.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
12-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
Creative Writingnew
Bat Boy Lives! reminds the world just how prolific, and wide-reaching, Perel's Weekly World News reportage has been. After all, it gave us word of Elvis' being alive, pizza at the Last Supper, human cloning and alien infestations of the U.S. Capitol.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
11-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Bat Boy Lives!, David Perel
Portrait of a Mannew
Saint Morrissey covers the traditional timeline of Moz's life, from the early days of books and boredom, through the Smiths years and his resurrection as one of the most influential artists of the past few decades. But it is decidedly a fan's book.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Dalek and Larry Fink: Insane-o Artnew
New York publishers powerHouse relish in the end of days by releasing catalyst books of art from reclusive artist Dalek and incriminating political photographer Larry Fink.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
08-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Various Titles, Multiple authors
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
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
