AltWeeklies Wire
Are Dan Clowes' Graphic Novels 'Borderline Pornography'?new
Apparently in Guilford, Ct., they are.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-02-2007 |
Books
Joe Matt's 'Spent' Isn't as Good as Pornnew
Joe Matt's newest graphic novel is the most unflattering self-portrayal -- addicted to pornography, misogynistic and disgustingly self-absorbed -- ever essayed in comics.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
10-01-2007 |
Fiction
George Saunders Talks Fiction, Vonnegut, & Johnny Tremainnew
Saunders is an anthropologist of American culture who issues his findings in terms of crazily inventive fiction.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
10-01-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Stuart Dybek, the Budding Geniusnew
Can the 65-year-old silence critics who say the MacArthur Foundation picks authors who are over the hill?
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
10-01-2007 |
Books
Welcome to Chick Lit Arabic-stylenew
Originally published in Lebanon in 2005, it was banned in Saudi Arabia and became a samizdat sensation, circulating in photocopied form throughout the desert kingdom.
NOW Magazine |
Maria Amuchastegui |
09-28-2007 |
Fiction
Phantasmagoric Landscapes Haunt Denis Johnson's New Novelnew
Tree of Smoke, the author's seventh novel and his first since The Name of the World seven years ago, offers all manner of characters with turbulent and twisted psyches in a Vietnam that resembles a sort of historical fugue state.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
09-28-2007 |
Fiction
Comic Proportionsnew
Enter the newest mind-bending world of Doktor Sleepless from creator Warren Ellis and catch a good laugh or two from Green Arrow and Black Canary Wedding Special No. 1
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Carlton Hargro |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mark Z. Danielewski Frustrates Critics, Dyslexicsnew
Depending on who you ask, Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves is either the greatest literary achievement since Finnegans Wake, or a hopelessly pretentious gimmick -- his latest book, Only Revolutions, widens the divide even more
Dig Boston |
Mark Baumer |
09-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Mike Sager's New Journalism Fills 'Donut Boys'new
Sager gives frontline reports on everything from the rapper Ice Cube to expat Vietnam vets in Thailand to suburban-Maryland Tupperware saleswomen.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Touched by Gracenew
On Andre Dubus's unending gifts.
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
09-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: andre dubus
The 'Things' We Lovenew
Writers extol sacred objects of everyday use -- and uselessness -- in Taking Things Seriously and Evocative Objects.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin Curran |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Environmentally Yoursnew
Eco-authors Ted Nordhaus and Bjorn Lomborg advocate a paradigm shift that emphasizes big, international thinking in their books Breaking Through and Cool It.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
The Greatest Travels Ever Toldnew
Penguin's Great Journeys series excerpts the great texts of travel literature, from Herodotus to Ernest Shackleton, in 10 slender and beautifully designed paperback volumes.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Ted Rall Won't Pussy Out Yetnew
The syndicated political cartoonist makes right-wingers scoff and party-line liberals squirm with his sharp criticisms of W.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
09-26-2007 |
Books
Lomborg Tells Climate-Change Worrywarts to Chillaxnew
Cool It is more of a distraction than a contribution at a time when environmentalists should be busy promoting solutions, not debunking the carefully crafted fables of Lomborg's dollar-driven theses.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
09-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
