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'The Immigrant's Contract' Is as Gripping a Read as a Great Novelnew
A book-length poem about manual work -- and rather dryly titled -- is an unlikely page-turner, but Kinsey pulls it off by amassing arresting details.
Seven Days |
Amy Lilly |
04-28-2008 |
Poetry
What Mary Roach Doesn't Want to Talk About in 'Bonk'new
Sadism recognizes taboo and guilt and shame; the transgression is the point. But for science, and for Roach, taboo is simply superstition, a roadblock the repressed throw up between sex and pleasure, and between research and its funding.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
04-28-2008 |
Nonfiction
Richard Heinberg Discusses a Post-Carbon Futurenew
Chances are, when you think about gasoline, it crosses your mind in an abstract way -- as if where it comes from and how much of it exists is someone else's problem. Thanks to peak oil expert Richard Heinberg, Americans' naive attitude toward fossil fuels may be changing.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
04-28-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Backstage Passnew
With almost three decades of experience producing the annual spectacle, Ken Ehrlich provides a collection of stories sure to please any avid viewer of award shows in his book “At the Grammys: Behind the Scenes at Music’s Biggest Night.”
Metro Spirit |
Jason Sumerau |
04-27-2008 |
Nonfiction
Truly a Pleasurenew
From the first page of “Earthly Pleasures,” the new novel from Karen Neches, readers will find the opportunity to laugh, cry, and go on an all out ride through a wonderful narrative.
A former columnist for the Augusta Chronicle, a co-author of one novel, and the sole voice of the Bottom Dollar Girl series, Karen Neches is a voice readers with an ear for intricate plots have to hear. Otherwise known as Karin Gillespie, this founder of the virtual tour The Girlfriend Circuit who travels the Southeast with the Dixie Divas provides an animated unconventional love story in her latest composition.
Metro Spirit |
Jason Sumerau |
04-27-2008 |
Fiction
Tags: fiction, Education, Life, The Beatles, God, Earthly Pleasures, fun, love, chick lit, chick-lit, angel, heaven, Karen Gillespie, Karen Neches, life lessons, Fiction Reviews
Finding Meaning in the Oldest Storynew
It’s a terrible struggle, becoming human, but this is exactly what Actors Scene Unseen attempts in a rejuvenation of one of the world’s oldest stories in “Gilgamesh: A Verse Play.”
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa and former Executive Director of Inverse Theater Chad Garcia reinvent the ageless epic in an audio experience. The work of the two reminds contemporary listeners of the pains necessary in the search for meaning between man and the supernatural.
Metro Spirit |
Jason Sumerau |
04-27-2008 |
Fiction
Tags: fiction, Poetry, Drama, Pulitzer Prize, theater, book, epic, stage, Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh: A Verse Play, meter, play, rhyme, Theatre, Yusef Komunyakaa, Fiction Reviews
Sparkling Waters of Characternew
“It almost seemed like a dream, a long dream but a good one” states Marshall B. Allen, Jr. in his second collection of stories about Newton Fiveash, Jr, “Newt in the World of Tarzan” takes the reader on a splendid joyride among the flavorful characters of the Sparklin’ Waters Park in Okena, Florida, and in so doing, highlights the life of a man in a time gone by.
Metro Spirit |
Jason Sumerau |
04-27-2008 |
Nonfiction
Young Statesman Guiding Today’s Youthnew
With wonderful illustrations and poignant storytelling, the acclaimed Young Patriots Series offers a fascinating look at one of the more interesting Founding Fathers of the United States of America. An architect of the Constitution, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and a participant in a legendary political duel, Alexander Hamilton is a captivating historical figure.
Metro Spirit |
Jason Sumerau |
04-27-2008 |
Fiction
History Lessons, Courtesy of Nicholson Baker and Howard Zinnnew
Human Smoke is itself a kind of reference work: a series of short reports -- some only a paragraph long and most of them drawn from newspaper accounts, diaries, documents, letters, memoirs, memos, and public speeches, with Baker doing the assembling and providing the timeline and context.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gill |
04-25-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Blue Metropolis Literary Festival Turns 10 Years Oldnew
The festival deserves a lot of credit for lasting this long and for bringing international writers to Montreal, which, because of its language quirks, remains off the beaten track for many book tours.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-25-2008 |
Books
'The Rough Guide to Climate Change' is Not a Rough Guide to Climate Changenew
Instead, it is an exhaustive assessment of Earth's ever-changing climate by Robert Henson, one of the leading science journalists reporting on atmospheric research, and his many reputable sources.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
04-24-2008 |
Nonfiction
Portland: Comic Meccanew
So by now everyone in Portland knows that, to quote one of the most cliched newspaper headlines ever, "comics aren't just for kids anymore."
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
04-24-2008 |
Books
Blogging the Baby-Sitters Clubnew
Aging children blog the series because they still care what Claudia is wearing.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin E. Curran |
04-24-2008 |
Books
Howard Zinn's View of History Takes Graphic Formnew
Narrated by Zinn, and illustrated by comic artist Mike Konopacki, the book opens with the events of 9/11 and then looks back at the different ways in which the U.S. has exercised its power in order to expand its reach around the world.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
04-24-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Rabih Alameddine Shuns Boundaries in His Latest Novelnew
In The Hakawati, Osama al-Kharrat returns to his native Beirut reunites with family and swaps tales. Thus this hefty offering is not just a story within a story but hundreds of stories within a story, a 513-page macramé with myriad threads.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
04-23-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
