AltWeeklies Wire
We've Got A Secret That We're Keeping from Ourselvesnew
William M. Arkin's new book, Code Names, is a true nuts-and-bolts expose on the finer points of defense and intelligence secrecy, and perhaps the largest single release of official secrets since Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971.
INDY Week |
Jon Elliston |
04-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
Song of Sting's Selfnew
Sting, as a musician, began his public life sucking, quite literally suffered through a brief interlude in which he didn't suck, and as soon as opportunity arose returned to sucking. So it's pleasant to be able to report that his first literary outing doesn't, mostly, suck.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
04-07-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Sting, Broken Music
Is God a Republican?new
Two new books attack the GOP monopoly on God. But are there more than two sides to the issue?
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
04-06-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Various Titles, Various
After the Shine Went Out of Everythingnew
Burkhardt, an assistant professor of English at the University of Illinois at Springfield, has turned her substantial knowledge of Maxwell's work and her unprecedented access to his papers into the first major critical study of this important author.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
04-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
How America Almost Destroyed the Vineyards of Europenew
The Americans (probably) didn't do it on purpose, though you hardly could have blamed them given all the nasty things the Europeans were saying about New World wines and the American palate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
03-31-2005 |
Nonfiction
Secret Index Gives Peek at Fonda Memoirnew
Review copies of Fonda's book have not been made available to the press, but Creative Loafing's Bureau of Imaginary Journalism has uncovered this facsimile of the book's index, which provides intriguing hints of its contents.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-31-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Jane Fonda, My Life So Far
The Digression Artistnew
This Equation may not be logical, but it sure is entertaining.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-30-2005 |
Nonfiction
Don't Mess With Marilynnew
A revisionist new Monroe book refuses to reduce her to one simple role.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
03-30-2005 |
Nonfiction
Six Degrees of Denigrationnew
Backbiting and betrayal never go out of style in Hollywood—thank God.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-30-2005 |
Nonfiction
Hollywood's Gross Pointsnew
Three smart new books analyze movie giganticism. Bigger may not be better so far as viewers—and readers—are concerned, but it's definitely the future.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-30-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Various Titles, Various Authors
Green Thumbs Are the New Black
Yougrowgirl.com's Gayla Trail reclaims yet another "woman's activity" for a younger generation—puttering around in your garden.
Columbus Alive |
Nikki Davis |
03-24-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Gayla Trail, You Grow Girl!
Memoir Covers the Author's Struggle to Believe and Morenew
David Plante descends from Ernest Hemingway and writes a high American plain style with a personality all its own. In his memoir American Ghosts, he quotes a passage from Hemingway’s Death in the Afternoon, and his prose stands up to it.
Boston Phoenix |
William Corbett |
03-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: American Ghosts, David Plante
Message Offers Good Plan for Revival in Big Tentnew
In her funny, vulnerable meditations on living a meaningful life in the midst of trials and sorrows -- many of which she blames on Dubya Bush and his disciples -- Anne Lamott is not afraid to reference a wise word or two from Rumi, the Dali Lama, or the Catholic vision of the Virgin Mary.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
03-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
Living in Navajolandnew
Lucy Moore's memoir about living in an Arizonan Navajo reservation is captivating, with simple yet compelling prose.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
03-10-2005 |
Nonfiction
Travelogue Mixes Pocket Histories With Political Riffsnew
Its focus is the Sahel, a 2,600-mile swath of African desert and badlands that stretches from Ethiopia to the Atlantic coast, and is home to some of the most impoverished, corrupt and - Sudan notwithstanding - ignored countries on the planet.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
03-10-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Angry Wind, Jeffrey Tayler
