AltWeeklies Wire
War and Peacenew
Since September 11, publishers have been rushing to publish non-fiction books about anything relating to the upheavals in the Middle East. They've been much slower about supplying us with imaginative tales from these regions, but the trickle has begun.
Boston Phoenix |
John Freeman |
01-03-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Various Titles, Various Authors
The Better To Givenew
These are not typical gift books. These are books for the rest of us -- books we would actually buy for ourselves, and our loved ones, be they geek or hipster, intellectual or meathead.
Boston Phoenix |
Boston Phoenix staff |
12-13-2005 |
Fiction
Personal and Political Conundrumsnew
A selection of fiction that Phoenix reviewers liked this year, including novels by Orhan Pamuk, Philip Roth, Edward St. Aubyn, and Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum.
Boston Phoenix |
Phoenix reviewers |
12-29-2004 |
Fiction
Ready to Ware: Comics from McSweeney'snew
For issue #13 of Dave Eggers's McSweeney's Quarterly, Chris Ware dons the guest editor's hat, turning the volume into an anthology of his favorite contemporary comics artists. Also reviewed is Canadian cartoonist Seth's Clyde Fans Book 1.
Boston Phoenix |
Douglas Wolk |
12-01-2004 |
Fiction
It Was This Bignew
If everyone's as busy as they claim to be, we have to wonder at the current renaissance in mountainous novels.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-29-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Various Authors, Holiday Reading
Oh for a Book and a Shady Nooknew
Summer reading is not about literature. It has to be easy. There will be plenty of time to take up "Ulysses" in the fall.
Hartford Advocate |
Janet Reynolds |
06-16-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Various Authors, Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen, Boy Still Missing by John Searles, How to Be Good by Nick Hornby, Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand, Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk, summer reading, The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, The Mitford Series by Jan Karon, The Sister Fidelma Series by Peter Tremayne, Fiction Reviews
