AltWeeklies Wire
A Sweet Crop of New Graphic Narrativesnew
Comics. Graphic novels. Sequential-art books. Call them what you will, but there are more of them than ever. Here's a rundown on some of the best from the past few months.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-15-2009 |
Books
Kerouac's Big Sur Dreams -- and Nightmares -- are Memorialized in New DVD/CDnew
F-Stop/Atlantic Records is honoring the 40th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's death on Oct. 21, 1969 with the release of a 98-minute documentary and accompanying CD about Big Sur, both titled One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur.
Monterey County Weekly |
Stuart Thornton |
10-15-2009 |
Books
The Case Against Google Booksnew
How three California librarians led the revolt against the company's plans to archive all earthly knowledge.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
10-14-2009 |
Books
Bookstores Fight Back With Instant Paperbacksnew
Battered booksellers have a secret weapon that they hope will continue to lure customers into their stores. Would you believe it's a machine that can print up a fresh new paperback copy from a menu of 3.6 million books?
Boston Phoenix |
Ethan Gilsdorf |
09-24-2009 |
Books
Get Your Pencils Out for the Best Erotic Comicsnew
Erotic comics are a special breed of porn. Unlike prose, they can show as well as describe. Unlike photos, they're narrative. Unlike film, they have a limitless special effects budget. And yet good erotic comics seem in short supply. Here are a few of the best.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Justin Hall |
09-23-2009 |
Books
Three Comedians Scrawl Self-Portraits With Poison Pensnew
Lisa Lampanelli, David Cross and Russell Brand reveal different facets of their confrontational stage personae in new books.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2009 |
Books
Five Books That Have Helped Make This a Great Year for Short-Story Collectionsnew
They may be small, but short stories have been getting a lot of ink lately. It has been a banner year for new short-story collections, with impressive efforts from first-time authors and veterans alike. Here's the cream of this year's crop.
Las Vegas Weekly |
David Berke |
09-18-2009 |
Books
Mystery Man: Author Tony Hillerman's Legacy Lives Onnew
Hillerman began his career as a journalist for The Santa Fe New Mexican and went on to author more than 30 books, most of which were mystery novels set in New Mexico -- more specifically, Navajo lands. Hillerman died last October at the age of 83.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Charlotte Jusinski |
09-17-2009 |
Books
New Treats From Old Friends In Fall Booksnew
Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Philip Roth, Paul Auster, John Ashberry, and, yes, Vladimir Nabakov have new tales to tell.
Boston Phoenix |
Barbara Hoffert |
09-17-2009 |
Books
New Romance Novel Subgenre: Gay Love & Lust, Written by Women for Womennew
A new subgenre has emerged in the escapist realm of romance novels: stories where you have two strapping, broad chests instead of one. We take a gander at two recent offerings: False Colors by Alex Beecroft and Transgressions by Erastes.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
07-22-2009 |
Books
Why Beach Books Suck ... and How to Avoid Themnew
Forget playing in the surf or baking in the sun. The best thing to do at the beach is to kick back and spend the afternoon lost in a book. But don't make the mistake of buying a novel that has a picture of an actual beach on the cover. Those books are not for you.
Charleston City Paper |
Stephanie Barna |
07-22-2009 |
Books
Tags: beach books, summer reading
Three Recents Books Tackle Iran From the Inside Outnew
Books about Iran have been recently proliferating. The last year in particular has delivered three notable titles: Hooman Majd's The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, Azar Nafisi's Things I've Been Silent About: Memories and Azadeh Moaveni's Honeymoon in Tehran.
The Texas Observer |
Azita Osanloo |
07-15-2009 |
Books
This Summer, Read What You Need When the Time is Rightnew
Summer's supposed to be about slowing down, finding some shade and getting lost in the plot of a really good book -- or a deliciously bad one.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Staff |
06-16-2009 |
Books
Tags: book guides, summer reading
The Best in Summer Readingnew
Hot town, summer in the city ... or in the country ... or at the beach. Wherever you are, don't forget your books. Here's the latest from Thomas Pynchon, a restored edition of Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, and much, much more.
Boston Phoenix |
Barbara Hoffert |
06-10-2009 |
Books
In Charlottesville and Elsewhere, Verse Remains Vital, Local and Freenew
Most people think Americans don't really do the poetry thing. We might do the Hollywood thing, the tech thing, the nation-building thing, and (at least until this year) the high finance thing. But not that poetry thing. Ah, but we do. We just don’t know it.
C-Ville Weekly |
Sam Witt |
05-27-2009 |
Books
