AltWeeklies Wire
Pink Floyd Bio Reveals All the Cracks in the Wallnew
Nothing in these pages is pretty, and the collective story doesn't seem to be so much about rock stars as about human beings going through the trajectory of life: being young and having a dream, moving toward the realization of that dream, achieving success and then dealing with the emotional and psychological fallout.
New York Press |
Aileen Torres |
01-15-2009 |
Nonfiction
'Hot, Flat, and Crowded' is the Same Old Thomas Friedmannew
When some time ago a friend of mine told me that Thomas Friedman's new book was going to be a kind of environmentalist clarion call against American consumerism, I almost died laughing.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
01-15-2009 |
Nonfiction
New Bio Puts Lusty Dusty Springfield in Her Historical Placenew
Annie J. Randall blends scholarly interest with groupie fascination in Dusty! Queen of the Postmods, which goes so far as to suggest that Dusty was not only cool but also postmodern.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
11-20-2008 |
Nonfiction
New Roman Polanski Bio Goes for Glitz, Not Glorynew
Christopher Sandford's Polanski: A Biography may inspire that peculiar twinge of uber-humility that occasions tales of paraplegic mountain climbers and crack babies metamorphosed into Harvard grads. It's hard to call what the average Jarek does "living" when you stack it next to the full-color epic of Polanski.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
08-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
American Comics and the Jews that Love Themnew
The most powerful aspect of Jews and American Comics is not Paul Buhle's writing, but rather his selection of work from some of the medium’s most notable creators, which often paints a more complete cross-section of the subject matter than his sometimes-rushed text.
New York Press |
Brian Heater |
08-25-2008 |
Nonfiction
Remembering All Your Troublesnew
This is a fitting tombstone for a Downtown literary scene.
New York Press |
Will Fabro |
01-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
Spartan, Elliptical Prosenew
Too many of Healy's pages are strung together vignettes that go nowhere, but the passages of his childhood memories are priceless.
New York Press |
N.P. Thompson |
12-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tainted With Hypocrisynew
What unites these otherwise disparate essays is Siegel's suspicion of those critics who have forgotten their obligation to "expose the shams" -- I guess Siegel forgot that he who casts the first stone is supposed to be without sin.
New York Press |
Juliet Lapidos |
11-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Lee Siegel, Falling Upwards
Erudite and Wittynew
It's especially nice to see that someone who's part of the landed gentry is still willing to look at our country honestly and tackle its worst demons head-on.
New York Press |
Christopher Atamian |
11-02-2006 |
Nonfiction
Merging A Public and Private Lifenew
Leopold comes off like a self-centered, screwed-up kid who somehow manages to climb back into the ring each time he gets knocked out.
New York Press |
Christopher Atamian |
10-19-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Jason Leopold, News Junkie
Too Pretty for Radionew
What should you know about the voices of NPR?
New York Press |
Kevin Friedl |
04-20-2006 |
Nonfiction
Cartoonist Creates Art From the Ordinarynew
Our Movie Year contains some of the heaviest personal material Harvey Pekar has offered yet. It examines how overwhelmed he was by the prospect of long-delayed success.
New York Press |
Paul Buhle |
12-20-2004 |
Nonfiction
Life of the Man Who Wrote the Lifenew
Really. In a book about Goines, Goines is barely there. The biographer is there though, as are pages upon pages of irrelevant instruction. Just because Allen can't get a bead on his subject doesn't make his subject bad, just badass.
New York Press |
John Hood |
11-17-2004 |
Nonfiction
Band Appeals to Bobos From the Coastsnew
A new coffee-table book sheds light on the question of whether Wilco, with its success, has evolved into a better band.
New York Press |
Lionel Beehner |
11-11-2004 |
Nonfiction
Street Art Shapes Public Spacenew
In contrast to traditional art, Josh MacPhee asserts, stencils are the great equalizer: With the help of basic, affordable materials, the same work of art can reappear throughout a city, cities or countries, meeting with a broad audience and reception.
New York Press |
Kate Crane |
11-11-2004 |
Nonfiction
