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Chinese Novel 'Wolf Totem' Translated into Englishnew
Unlike many novels that deal with modern living, Wolf Totem is a semi-autobiographical work about a student named Chen Zhen who spends years in the remote Mongolian grasslands during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s.
The Georgia Straight |
Bernice Chan |
04-14-2008 |
Books
Book of Imprisoned Women's Writing is Fascinating, Heartbreaking, Amusing & Frighteningnew
Words Without Walls, a book of poetry and drawings from women in Nova Scotian prisons, offers insight into troubled lives and a damaged system.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sue Carter Flinn |
04-14-2008 |
Books
'Power Stronger Than Itself': Great Black Music in Printnew
After ten years, George Lewis' monumental history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a black collective that formed on the south side of Chicago in 1965, is finally finished.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
04-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Just a Few Questionsnew
If Mark Doty's poems question us until we're certain, Rachel Zucker turns every statement into a question.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-11-2008 |
Poetry
'The War on Bugs' Explores the Pesticide Agendanew
We've come a long way from arsenic-tainted food (arsenic and lead were popular pesticides for decades), but, as Will Allen rightly points out in his new book, our determination to slaughter pests and increase yields has had some far-reaching consequences on health -- both ours and the planet's.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
Pulitzer Prize Winner Michael Chabon Releases a Rogue's Talenew
The swashbuckling adventure first appeared in serial form in the New York Times Magazine last year, but now this gloriously bound version, features superbly detailed black-and-white pen drawings by comic book artist Gary Gianni.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
04-11-2008 |
Fiction
Author Mary Roach Moves from Death to Sexnew
She has a very casual style of writing, yet it lends itself well to science reporting and her survey of the world of sex research.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
04-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
'X Saves the World' Gets Motivational for the Unmotivatednew
Just as Tom Brokaw's books remind us how everyone born right after 1945 is a worthless piece of shit, so Gordinier focuses on how super-great Xers are.
The Portland Mercury |
Temple Lentz |
04-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Crossing the Waters' Offers a Peek into the Afro-Cuban Religionnew
The book's charismatic protagonist is Santiago Castaneda Vera, a spiritual practitioner who "works" the spirits of the dead and whose sacred oricha is Yemaya, the mother of the waters.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
04-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
City Paper's First Annual Haiku Contestnew
Local haikuists Tonette Hartman, Jonny Goldstein, and Roosh Valizadeh were tasked with writing 5-7-5's in five categories: Springtime, Meat, Cherry Blossoms, Franklin Roosevelt, and Haiku.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
04-10-2008 |
Books
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Digging a Poet-gardenernew
Jesse Castro likes to refer to himself as a poet-gardener, which is why it comes as no surprise that his latest work, I Have Walked This Path Before, is a collection of poems worn by real people.
San Antonio Current |
Sonya Harvey |
04-09-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Word in Colornew
A poetry fan challenges John Hollander's white might.
San Antonio Current |
Pablo Miguel MartÃnez |
04-09-2008 |
Books
David Hajdu Examines the Beginnings of Comic Booksnew
In The Ten Cent Plague, Hajdu does a fair job of balancing the story of the infamous Kefauver hearings, Seduction of the Innocent, and the subsequent "Approved by the Comics Code Authority" self-policing of the comic book industry.
Charleston City Paper |
Jsaon A. Zwiker |
04-09-2008 |
Nonfiction
'My First Movie: Take Two' Disappointsnew
In theory, this book should be a wet dream for would-be filmmakers.
Charleston City Paper |
Nick Smith |
04-09-2008 |
Nonfiction
Katie Crouch Creates a Real-Feeling Novelnew
Her debut novel, Girls in Trucks, tells the story of a dissipate former debutante, Sarah Walters, who must adjust her South Carolina dreams to the harsh realities of life in New York.
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
04-09-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
