AltWeeklies Wire
Too Self-Indulgent?new
Between Lee Montgomery and her memoir lies only self-pity.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
08-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Your Enemies and Neighborsnew
Julia Sweig's Friendly Fire and Jeff Faux's The Global Class War look at how the other 80 percent live -- and why they hate us.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
08-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Smart Pop Analysisnew
What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
08-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Green Monster to Green Zonenew
Two red Sox fans gave up selling "Yankees Suck" T-shirts and got jobs in war-torn Iraq.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Pain Managementnew
Ugresic's new novel examines the marketplace of misfortune.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Adam Klein |
08-09-2006 |
Nonfiction
Food for Thoughtnew
When Wal-Mart's charisma-challenged CEO starts touting organic food, you know the stuff is no longer the domain of back-to-the-land hippies.
NOW Magazine |
John Dicker |
08-04-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Life You Savenew
Catherine McCall's memoir recalls a life of sinking and surfacing.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
08-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Words Worth
Rock-star linguist Geoffrey Nunberg delivers not only the most tongue-trippingly truculent subtitle of the year but also a fresh and well-argued take on the Democrats' so-called "messaging problem."
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Britt |
07-28-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Geoffrey Nunberg, Talking Right
Gangs of D.C.
This book is charming, because Continetti approaches his subjects with an innocence that can't be anything but.
Washington City Paper |
Ryan Grim |
07-28-2006 |
Nonfiction
Apocalypse in Progressnew
In Pinchbeck's world, that's not such a bad thing.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
07-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
Everybody Knew His Namenew
A journalist recounts the Long Island corner bar where he grew up.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
07-26-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar
Seeing Things From the Under Sidenew
This annotated collection of columnist Don Marquis' columns feature Archy, a snarky existentialist cockroach, and Mehitabel, a cat with delusions of grandeur.
Nashville Scene |
Maria Browning |
07-26-2006 |
Nonfiction
Divide, Not Conquernew
Galbraith argues forcefully both for Kurdish independence and against Bush administration policies in his new book.
Seven Days |
Gordon Robison |
07-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Not Afraid of the Darknew
Knighton's memoir of going blind is angry, poignant and sometimes funny.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
07-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Cockeyed, Ryan Knighton
Supersized Competitionnew
Fagone is hungry to find deeper meaning in the growing popularity of competitive eating -- but is it there?
Seattle Weekly |
Molly Lori |
07-19-2006 |
Nonfiction
