AltWeeklies Wire
Mix Tape Memoriesnew
Love and loss among rock critics.
The Village Voice |
Tom Breihan |
02-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
White Linesnew
Tanz examines hip-hop's crossover appeal.
The Village Voice |
Tom Breihan |
01-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
Double Jeopardynew
Ken Jennings' Brainiac and Bob Harris' Prisoner of Trebekistan reveal the pleasures and perils of trivial pursuits.
The Village Voice |
Rachel Aviv |
08-30-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Natty Crednew
Bob Marley's former PR person provides fly-on-the-wall account.
The Village Voice |
Elena Oumano |
06-28-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: The Book of Exodus, Vivien Goldman
What About Bob?new
This Dylanologist's cross-reference orgy is a bar-bet settler.
The Village Voice |
Devin McKinney |
06-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Hustle and Glownew
As the title suggests, My Lives is a multi-chambered thing, arranged as a kind of kinetic sculpture, with its many parts rotating and reflecting one another.
The Village Voice |
Thomas Beller |
04-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
Strange Fruit, Family Treenew
Cynthia Carr confronts a haunting family secret.
The Village Voice |
Angela Ards |
03-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
Write Said Deadnew
Mortuary literature has become a surprisingly lively genre, and Johnson's entertaining amble through this transformation ably spans everything from the Sixth Great Obituary Writers' International Conference to an obituarist's own funeral.
The Village Voice |
Paul Collins |
03-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
Really Black Humornew
The author of White Boy Shuffle digs through the crates for a surprising set of yuks.
The Village Voice |
Pete L'Official |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
L.A. Womannew
Braverman reflects on the city of face-lifts in her "accidental memoir."
The Village Voice |
Akiva Gottlieb |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Examining the Inevitablenew
Pierson's book is part memoir, part philosophical treatise on the idea of home and part history lesson.
The Village Voice |
Katherine Sharpe |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
A New Coursenew
Reynolds proposes that post-punk turned away from the reactionary cul-de-sac that preceded it even while recognizing punk as "a chance to make a break with tradition."
The Village Voice |
Jessica Winter |
03-06-2006 |
Nonfiction
Covert Operationsnew
Press gives us his personal take on the abortion war, told through the lens of his immigrant doctor father.
The Village Voice |
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow |
02-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Space Racenew
It's a small world after all: Mike Davis takes a crowded look at global urban catastrophe.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mike Davis, Planet of Slums
Bloc Partynew
Recline and fall: Celine Dion translator's heart goes on -- into the ruins of Bucharest.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-23-2006 |
Nonfiction
