AltWeeklies Wire
Girls, Interruptednew
In Growing Up Fast, documentarian Joanna Lipper offered a piercing look at teen motherhood. Now her book lets six young mothers tell their stories in their own words.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
12-01-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Hate Supremenew
If Chief Justice William Rehnquist retires, the bios that come should not gloss over his ardent and active support of racial segregation in the years before he joined the Supreme Court, when he was a private lawyer in Phoenix, Ariz.
Boston Phoenix |
David Bernstein |
12-01-2004 |
Race & Class
Ready to Ware: Comics from McSweeney'snew
For issue #13 of Dave Eggers's McSweeney's Quarterly, Chris Ware dons the guest editor's hat, turning the volume into an anthology of his favorite contemporary comics artists. Also reviewed is Canadian cartoonist Seth's Clyde Fans Book 1.
Boston Phoenix |
Douglas Wolk |
12-01-2004 |
Fiction
Lindbergh's America: Reading Philip Roth Post-11/2new
If reading Philip Roth's The Plot Against America pre-Nov. 2 suggested a twisted parable about current events, then reading it after the elections is downright eerie.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
12-01-2004 |
Fiction
After Elevation, Vertigonew
Even after 25 years, there's still no rock band like U2.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
11-29-2004 |
Reviews
Black is Backnew
The Pixies' leader talks about the break-up, the reunion, and the band's return to Boston.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
11-29-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Howell of Painnew
Seth Mnookin's book on the New York Times shows how an editor's narcissism nearly destroyed the world's greatest newspaper.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
11-29-2004 |
Media
Last Choicenew
In the wake of Bush's re-election, a triumphant right is planning its assault on reproductive rights.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-29-2004 |
Sex
Big Nothingsnew
If bleakness blankets singer-songwriter Elliott Smith's posthumously released CD, that doesn't mark a major change in tone from his previous albums.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
11-22-2004 |
Music
Troubled Master: Willem de Kooning's art and lifenew
De Kooning achieved fame late in a turbulent life dedicated to women, drink, and work, work, work.
Boston Phoenix |
William Corbett |
11-22-2004 |
Nonfiction
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movienew
The perfect timing and the self-aware absurdity translate to the big screen.
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
11-22-2004 |
Reviews
The Ebb and Flow of American Beer Culturenew
In a quixotic journey to find “The Perfect Beer Joint,” the novelist and long-time Wall Street Journal writer Ken Wells embarked on a perambulating journey down the length of the Mississippi River to see what he could see and sip what he could sip. Travels with Barley, the fizzy and flavorful travelogue that resulted, is appropriately intoxicating.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-22-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Faith-based Agriculturenew
At least one cabinet member has been all-systems-go on anything new out of the science lab: Ann Veneman, who announced on Monday that she’s resigning her post as secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Her enthusiasm for the latest research, which borders on religious fervor, has well served her pocketbook and prestige.
Boston Phoenix |
David Bernstein |
11-22-2004 |
Politics
Alberto Gonzales, The Devil You Don't Knownew
Those who cheer John Ashcroft's departure as Attorney General should think twice, as Gozales is a "considerably more dangerous replacement."
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and Dan Poulson |
11-22-2004 |
Politics
Repeat Offendernew
Alfred Kinsey is back, and so is the 'Red' scare. Why Kinsey scares the pants off right-wing Republicans.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-19-2004 |
Movies
