AltWeeklies Wire
Double Jeopardynew
Ken Jennings' Brainiac and Bob Harris' Prisoner of Trebekistan reveal the pleasures and perils of trivial pursuits.
The Village Voice |
Rachel Aviv |
08-30-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
To Feel 'Stuff'new
Not long out of college herself, this novelist gets the vibe right for a Brown University outsider.
Seattle Weekly |
Angie Kritenbrink |
08-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Stuff, Andrea Seigel
Rudy's Grand Illusionnew
We look at what Giuliani likes to remember about 9/11 -- and what he actually did (or didn't do).
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins |
08-30-2006 |
Excerpts
Goodbye, Jimnew
Gilchrist's new book highlights the failed promises of the Minuteman Project.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
08-28-2006 |
Nonfiction
Get Your Motor Running
However rock-star he might have gone, Desmedt's skill as an artist is undeniable.
Washington City Paper |
Pamela Murray Winters |
08-25-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Indian Larry, Timothy White
I Love the 90s, Again
This potpourri could easily slouch toward sentimentality, and it occasionally does, but Charles' somewhat heavy hand produces not only a convincing, pitiable sketch of a teenager but also a disarming main character.
Washington City Paper |
Shauna Cowal |
08-25-2006 |
Fiction
Air Apparentnew
Turoque takes us behind the scenes of surprisingly competitive international air-guitar contests.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Noah Gardenswartz |
08-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
A Full Lifenew
Messud discusses marriage to a critic, diapers and The Emperor's Children.
L.A. Weekly |
Michelle Huneven |
08-24-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sympathetic Versesnew
Sapphire proves political poetry doesn't have to be doctrinaire, one-sided and humorless.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
08-23-2006 |
Poetry
'Girls' Gone Wildenew
The Watchmen creator's decades-in-the-making (porno)graphic opus finally sees release.
The Village Voice |
Richard Gehr |
08-23-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Book TVnew
Lost and Found hunts for the humanity within a trashy reality race.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
08-21-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Carolyn Parkhurst, Lost and Found
Pretty Mysteriousnew
Everything Pessl has going for her is also going against her.
L.A. Weekly |
Nathan Ihara |
08-17-2006 |
Fiction
Too Self-Indulgent?new
Between Lee Montgomery and her memoir lies only self-pity.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
08-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Your Enemies and Neighborsnew
Julia Sweig's Friendly Fire and Jeff Faux's The Global Class War look at how the other 80 percent live -- and why they hate us.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
08-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Smart Pop Analysisnew
What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
08-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
