AltWeeklies Wire
A Tale Told by an Idiot: Corsi's 'Obama Nation' Signifies Nothingnew
I didn't support Kerry in 2004 and I don't support Obama in 2008, but the shameless throw-shit-against-the-wall-and-hope-it-sticks methodology of the so-called Dr. Corsi tempts me to donate my next paycheck to the DNC.
Charleston City Paper |
Dylan Hales |
09-17-2008 |
Nonfiction
Julia Glass Spices Up the Sister Novelnew
Being a sister myself, I can always relate to stories about this special bond, but I had to roll my eyes a little when I read the synopsis. Good thing I also glanced at the list of Glass' literary achievements, which convinced me to at least read the first chapter. That's all it took to pull me into the vivid world of Louisa and Clem Jardine.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson |
09-17-2008 |
Fiction
Tags: I See You Everywhere, Julia Glass
David Lovelace Didn't Pick His Disease but He Writes About it Wellnew
Diagnosed with bipolar disorder in his late teens, Lovelace initially resisted prescription drugs, wary as he was of the vicious side-effects that plagued his father. In lieu of legally sanctioned treatment, the author embarked on a roller-coaster of self-medication, ingesting large quantities of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and various hallucinogens.
Charleston City Paper |
Eric Liebetrau |
09-17-2008 |
Nonfiction
Hard Contraries Meet in 'God Particles'new
Thomas Lux's God Particles is replete with iron words -- language hardened by hammer and tong, images smoldering with bitterness and irony, a worldview grown misanthropic by the disappointments of human folly.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
09-17-2008 |
Poetry
'Bedlam South' is an Old War from a New Grishamnew
Mark Grisham (brother of John) and David Donaldson have a story they want to tell about the American Civil War, the birth of the practice of psychology in the United States and the hand of God in human affairs. That's a tall order for a debut set in a landscape already so thoroughly tunneled and trenched.
C-Ville Weekly |
Elizabeth McCullough |
09-17-2008 |
Fiction
Author of 'Ten-Cent Plague' Explores Outlaw Comicsnew
The '40s and '50s were a time of political persecution for the authors of early alternative comic books -- of congressional hearings, of blacklists and of book burnings only dimly remembered by history. But it's a time worth remembering, if not for its art, then for its lessons, says David Hajdu.
Style Weekly |
Chris Dovi |
09-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Lulu Eightball' Creator Sits Down With Instructional Tomes On How to Bring Comics to Lifenew
We'll be looking at three works--Will Eisner's instructional trilogy Comics and Sequential Art, Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative, and Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative; and Lynda Barry's What It Is, published recently, and Scott McCloud's 2006 Making Comics--that explore making comics.
Baltimore City Paper |
Emily Flake |
09-16-2008 |
Original Work
A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'new
Orange County lacks two things: footnotes and pictures. Following are some of the missing pieces, along with chapter descriptions to entice ustedes into buying the book.
Greg Keeler's Self-Portrait as Suckerfishnew
Trash Fish: A Life reads like real life all right. Messed-up, crap-shot, and unredeemed.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
09-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
Scott Ritter Talks Iran, Nukes, and the Next Presidentnew
The former UN weapons inspector talks about the Bush administration's goals in the Middle East and what it means for the next president.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
09-12-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Daniel Allen Cox Goes from Gay Porn to Literaturenew
When he was 22, Cox, then a baby-faced aspiring writer, ventured to New York where he hustled and worked in porn. Within two years, he'd graced the cover of a half dozen gay porn rags and appeared in various porn movies. Now he's penned a semi-autobiographical novel about his experiences.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
09-12-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Steven Pinker Drops the F-Bomb on Americanew
Harvard linguist Steven Pinker gives the most intellectually rigorous examination of a curse word since On Bullshit.
Boulder Weekly |
Dylan Otto Krider |
09-11-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Fall Books for Winners and Sinnersnew
Ah, fall, when Nobel Prize winners are announced -- and, now, when past winners turn up with more good reading.
Boston Phoenix |
Barbara Hoffert |
09-11-2008 |
Books
Tags: Books, fall preview
The Amazing Life and Mysterious Death of Peter Iversnew
You've probably never heard of Peter Ivers. But the Massachusetts-born, Harvard-educated free spirit was a sort of Zelig of the late-'60s-to-early-'80s pop-cultural scene. And somebody beat him to death.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-11-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The World Without Us' Offers the Anti-Apocolypsenew
This was not the first time Alan Weisman had examined nature's resilience in the absence, nor near-absence, of humans.
INDY Week |
Gerry Canavan |
09-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
