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Comic Geniusesnew
The comic-book revolution has been drawn, colored and won.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
01-26-2006 |
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Ulitimate Bendisnew
How a Jewish kid from Cleveland became the hottest name in comics.
Cleveland Free Times |
James Renner |
01-26-2006 |
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Tags: Brian Michael Bendis
The Lie Behind the Liesnew
A former Hazelden resident finds greater fault with A Million Little Pieces: It's bad art that perpetuates bad ideas, facile thinking, and simpleminded black-and-white dichotomies.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Emily Carter Roiphe |
01-25-2006 |
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The Voltaic Yoo-Hoo Acid Testnew
A half-forgotten mystery writer's cranium-busting novel tantalizes and antagonizes.
The Village Voice |
Devin McKinney |
01-25-2006 |
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JT Leroy, RIPnew
The outing of JT Leroy effectively brings to a conclusion one of the most compelling literary deceptions of our generation.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
01-24-2006 |
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Tags: JT Leroy
Title Wavenew
A flood of new books about Hurricane Katrina are great for the publishing industry, but are they good for readers -- or New Orleans?
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
01-13-2006 |
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In the Stacksnew
Despite the gains in online research, libraries remain special and important places.
Good, Bad and Bigfoot Autobiographiesnew
The Montreal Mirror reviews the year in books, including categories like Best Anti-diet Book and Trend That Must End: The Pornoir.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-27-2005 |
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Tags: yearinreview2005
The Village Voice's Favorite 25 Books of 2005new
The top books of the year cover subjects from teen sex diseases and Aztec slaughterhouses to Kiss riffs and juvenile tambourinists.
The Village Voice |
Staff Writers |
12-14-2005 |
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Pooh on Younew
Winnie-the-Pooh has become a lifetime experience, thanks largely to the totalitarian efforts of Disney, which bought the marketing rights for a pittance.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-25-2005 |
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Tags: giftguide2005
The Mystery of the Good Booknew
The librarian for the Judaica Collections at the University of California at Berkeley made a startling discovery when he looked at the circa-1548 volumes he'd purchased: Some parts appeared to be missing.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
11-21-2005 |
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DIY Booksnew
Putting out your own book is still considered far more tacky than putting out your own CD -- but self-published authors are betting that's going to change.
Stranger Than Fictionnew
Arthur Miller's obscure play about a famed, self-doubting, mistreated actress who's making a movie in Reno, Nev., was revived by the Goodman Theatre in Chicago last year but has yet to be performed in the town in which it is set.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
11-04-2005 |
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Losing Their Religionnew
Sam Harris crusades against religion, but other recent religious-themed works strike a different tone.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-01-2005 |
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Tags: Sam Harris, Julia Scheeres, The End of Faith, Anosh Irani, Arjen van der Kooij, Dogs of God, Doorway to Eternity, El Corazón de la Muerte, James Reston Jr., Jesus Land, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Last Night of a Damned Soul, Matthue Roth, Ramon Dekkers, Slimane Benaissa, The Cripple and His Talismans, The Great Theft, Wolf Dreams, Yasmina Khadra, Yom Kippur a Go-Go
Tony Eprile: Out of South Africanew
South African-born Tony Eprile talks about his upbringing and his new novel, The Persistence of Memory.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
10-12-2005 |
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