AltWeeklies Wire
Bleak Frames and Guiltnew
David Lester depicts the shadowy relationship between words and actions in the graphic novel, The Listener.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
05-27-2011 |
Fiction
'Big Machine' is a Big, Mean Story by Victor LaVallenew
Far from a standard dry examination of doubt and faith, Lavalle's allegorical approach is sweeping and swashbuckling. Big Machine takes us from Ricky's idyllic childhood -- sweet as saccharine, with a black tar of burn -- to his romantic nadir, dying in a puddle of piss and shit in the basement of a house owned by a man named Murder.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
D. Scot Miller |
09-02-2009 |
Fiction
'High Life' Surfs Waves of Bloody 'Gorno'new
A reprint edition of High Life is belatedly securing Matthew Stokoe's rank as either a literary assassin or putrid gore hound.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Erik Morse |
09-11-2008 |
Fiction
Richard Bruce Nugent's Outlaw Representationnew
Gentleman Jigger sprawls forward.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kandia Crazy Horse |
04-02-2008 |
Fiction
Yousef Al-Mohaimeed's Storytelling Transcends Bansnew
Wolves of the Crescent Moon was banned in Saudi Arabia by theocratic thought-cops for casting too many spotlights on societal problems that the authorities insist don't exist. Upon being labeled dangerous and sinful, the book gained a large audience throughout the Arabic-speaking world, and has since been translated into French and English.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Todd Lavoie |
03-05-2008 |
Fiction
Roberto Bolano Travels from the Grave to the Futurenew
Nazi Literature presents brief bios and bibliographies for 30 imaginary right-wing writers from North and South America.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Stephen Beachy |
02-28-2008 |
Fiction
To Be, or To Be Autonautsnew
Julio Cortazar and Carol Dunlop parody the travel book and reinvent the road story.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
02-13-2008 |
Fiction
'The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps' Packs the Big Gunsnew
No false advertising here -- The Big Book is big, roughly the size of the San Francisco yellow pages, and it offers up nothing but the purest in pulp mystery fiction.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
John Marr |
10-31-2007 |
Fiction
'The Great Man' Explores Advanced Agenew
Kate Christensen presents vital characters who challenge typical depictions of the elderly as staid and conservative. These women are complicated, smart, witty, and sexy — even Internet savvy!
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Glen Helfand |
09-12-2007 |
Fiction
Peter Kuper Has Self-Aware Flashbacksnew
With his unnervingly honest new graphic novel, Stop Forgetting to Remember, New York–based master illustrator Kuper turns in a devastating rendering of his city as it passes the turn of the century — and of a Cheshire cartoonist and his past adolescent meanderings.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ari Messer |
09-12-2007 |
Fiction
Tao Lin Goes Down the Rabbit Holenew
Tao Lin takes language and makes it new again, and in doing so makes fiction that reads like poetry.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Marcelo Ballve |
08-22-2007 |
Fiction
Of People and Plastics in Printnew
A funny but humbling exploration of what would happen to New York City if humans were gone, wiped out by a virus or a wizard who perfected a way to sterilize our sperm.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
07-30-2007 |
Fiction
Kate Schatz Goes Into the Woodsnew
Continuum's 33 1/3 series enters PJ Harvey terrain with the fictional Rid of Me.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Davidson |
06-21-2007 |
Fiction
High Trees and High Seasnew
The Wild Trees and The Happiest Man in the World track modern-day explorers of new worlds.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
05-30-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
The New Worldnew
Miranda July examines longing and transformation in a new collection of stories.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Davidson |
04-25-2007 |
Fiction
