AltWeeklies Wire
Medical Terrornew
This investigation takes the reader on an odyssey from Southern slave shacks to modern-day New York City, where medical investigators starved and bled young black males in a search for "the criminal gene."
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
02-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
Highly Readable Historynew
In the beginning, for America, was the Middle East.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
02-15-2007 |
Nonfiction
All About the Journeynew
While you may believe self-realization chronicles aren't your thing, please, read on.
Weekly Alibi |
Lisa Lenard-Cook |
02-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
From MLK to Jay-Znew
An attempt at understanding contemporary black male identity.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
02-06-2007 |
Nonfiction
Caucasian Persuasionnew
It ain't always easy being a white fan of hip-hop.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
02-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Real Alternadadsnew
Pollock's fatherhood memoir falls flat on its self-aggrandizing face. Plus bona fide alternadads take on Pollack and talk parenting.
Fairfield County Weekly |
Kevin Factor, John Adamian, Chris Arnott, Sean Hitchcock, Josh Mamis, Alex Mayer and Mark Oppenheimer |
02-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Alternadad, Neal Pollack
Mix Tape Memoriesnew
Love and loss among rock critics.
The Village Voice |
Tom Breihan |
02-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
Rooting for Rootsnew
In a new book about Americana, the vitriol tries to dilute the poignant insights.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
02-01-2007 |
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
Invisible Americanew
What it's like, day by day, to be a Mexican immigrant in the U.S.
Chicago Reader |
Phoebe Connelly |
01-30-2007 |
Nonfiction
Notes on Fluiditynew
There are a few too many stories by folks who think they're the first to have a complex identity, but I guarantee that no other anthology this year includes a bio that reads "white academic living as a black asshole."
NOW Magazine |
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk |
01-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mattilda, Nobody Passes
Reeling in the Yearsnew
Sheffield can make Pavement sound brand-new while reminding his readers that time is fleeting, and that loved ones need hugs more than anyone needs an expanded reissue of Slanted and Enchanted.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
01-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
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
The Accidental Touristnew
Learning Italian food, one obsession at a time.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
White Linesnew
Tanz examines hip-hop's crossover appeal.
The Village Voice |
Tom Breihan |
01-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
