AltWeeklies Wire
Opportunity, Montaananew
A review of Brad Tyer's new nonfiction book offering a look at the modern environmentalist.
Boise Weekly |
Jo Deurbrouck |
07-24-2013 |
Books
Sonny's Bluesnew
The struggles explored in James Baldwin's short story mirror those present in Trayvon Martin's killing.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
07-01-2013 |
Books
Tags: James Baldwin, Trayvon Martin
Making Worldsnew
In "The Kings and Queens of Roam," author Daniel Wallace illustrates the power words have to make worlds, both in the tragic whimsy of the world his words create and in the sad, scary world one character builds for another.
Jackson Free Press |
Kathleen M. Mitchell |
05-14-2013 |
Books
Bankrupting Nature: Denying Our Planetary Boundariesnew
Global warming is but one of nine or 10 different ways in which human civilization is threatening to cross boundaries of over-consumption and overuse. These, will undermine the natural foundations on which our civilization is built.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
04-22-2013 |
Books
Water Worriesnew
Through interviews and essays, a father/daughter team looks at the nature of Arizona's heat island existence.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
04-11-2013 |
Books
Tear Down This Wallnew
The disruption and destruction created by the border wall is shown in photos and words.
Tucson Weekly |
Jon M. Shumaker |
04-07-2013 |
Books
Tags: Krista Schlyer
On the Road's enduring appealnew
'Behind us lay the whole of America'
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
04-03-2013 |
Books
Trussed and Tiednew
“Fifty Shades of Chicken” entertains while educating about cooking poultry.
Jackson Free Press |
Jessica Mizell |
04-01-2013 |
Books
Mad over Rachel Maddownew
How a butch in pantsuits gave liberal media its balls back.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
03-19-2013 |
Books
Cory Doctorow on the teen imagination, paranoia and the late Aaron Swartznew
"It's very hard to adequately understand, in advance, the cost of privacy disclosures and of privacy breaches. Because privacy and its consequences are separated by a lot of time and space."
Lee on Literature: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nestnew
How Ken Kesey's book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, helped to significantly change public opinion about the value of state mental institutions.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
02-08-2013 |
Books
Tags: Ken Kesey
A Troubling Portrait of Scientologynew
In his new book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Austin-based journalist Lawrence Wright weaves tales of abuse with stories from numerous ex-members of the Church of Scientology.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-07-2013 |
Books
Tags: Lawrence Wright
Cross Purposesnew
Nancy Wood's 'The Soledad Crucifixion' gets hung up on poetic momentum
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
01-10-2013 |
Books
Used bookstores at risk: the copyright trapnew
A case that recently went before the U.S. Supreme Court could put a used bookstore out of business.
14 Books for Winter Readingnew
Fall into winter with some reading. Fourteen books to consider.
The Memphis Flyer |
Memphis Flyer Staff |
12-05-2012 |
Books
Tags: Winter Books
