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'Et Tu Brute?' Looks at Rendering Caesarnew
Instead of tracing the dismal lineage of political murder, from antiquity to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Woolf's concise book studies the history of one political murder, the murder of Caesar.
The Texas Observer |
Steven G. Kellman |
09-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
Bookstore Shelves Creak with Racist Panic Booksnew
This week we think about 9/11, and everything that came after, including the first new literary genre of the millennium: Islamic panic.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
09-10-2007 |
Books
Canada Exists, Sanjania Doesn’tnew
Stephen Mache's fictional anthology, Shining at the Bottom of the Sea, has cultural challenges remarkably similar to Canada's.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
09-07-2007 |
Fiction
Is Monterey County's Literary Legacy Bankrupt?new
Bookshops, libraries, authors and ideas all struggle to survive.
Monterey County Weekly |
Walter Ryce |
09-07-2007 |
Books
'Delible' is a Haunting Storynew
Vancouver writer Anne Stone's third novel is inventive and lushly rendered.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
09-07-2007 |
Fiction
The South Through Two Booksnew
New Stories from the South, edited by Edward P. Jones, features fiction stories reveal the South may be just like the rest of the U.S. But James L. Peacock's Grounded Globalism argues that the South's identity helps it interact with the rest of the world.
Kochalka Draws a Comic for Little Kidsnew
Cartoonist and self-proclaimed superstar James Kochalka draws a children's book about a goofy gray squirrell.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
09-05-2007 |
Books
Remembering Grace Paleynew
If I have any nascent wisdom in my head, Grace, it's this: You were always much wiser and less foolish than you let on.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
09-05-2007 |
Books
The Calvert Institute's George Liebmann Preaches Thinking Locallynew
The Trimmer's Almanac is a history of Baltimore's conservative think tank and includes articles that hash out policy problems and often move toward solutions.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
09-04-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The Exception': Mean Girlsnew
Danish author Christian Jungersen's new novel educates about genocide.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Amy Baily |
09-04-2007 |
Fiction
Inside the Student Trapnew
Daniel Brook on the plight of young idealists in a new America.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
09-04-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Baby Bistro Box Announces Second Editionnew
The kit is being promoted as a contribution to solving the problem of increasing childhood obesity, as well as a convenience for busy parents.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Staff |
08-31-2007 |
Books
Tags: Baby Bistro Box, Christina Schmidt
Emma Donoghue's Long-Distance Love Story Breaks Downnew
The prose here is much better than almost anything else available in contemporary lesbo lit, but lacks the ideas and outrage of her historical fiction.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
08-31-2007 |
Fiction
A Less-Than-Flattering Tribute to Jack Kerouacnew
Robertson highlights that gap between fantasy and reality -- and pursues his theme of deluded hero worship -- by showing us a Kerouac who is nasty, racist, anti-Semitic and hopelessly in love with America.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
08-31-2007 |
Fiction
New 'Big Lebowski' Book Ties the Legacy Togethernew
In order to capture the impact the Coen Brothers' 1998 cult film has had on an unsuspecting world, the organizers of Lebowski Fest interviewed just about everyone they could think of, starting of course with the movie's cast.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-31-2007 |
Nonfiction
