AltWeeklies Wire
Unapologeticnew
A new edition of The Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser reminds us that the personal is still political.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
07-20-2005 |
Poetry
Oil Apocalypsenew
Two books on the crisis in oil production aren't what you'd call light summer reading. Still, the warning they carry is at least as important as any reminder about sunscreen.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
06-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Pro-Life Cause Gets on the Ballot in Californianew
A California initiative that would make it harder for teens to get abortions pits young girls against ... an alternative-newspaper publisher?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jeffrey M. Barker |
06-10-2005 |
Sex
Those Crazy Americans!new
Two new nonfiction offerings prove there's a lot of genuine craziness out there.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
05-18-2005 |
Poetry
The Three-Chord Sound of Homenew
Soldiers in Iraq find solace in punk music, but a band that played for them was met with angry anti-war protest.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jimmy Calanchini |
05-13-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
War-Zone Pollsternew
Steven Moore set up shop in Baghdad as an opinion pollster and focus-group organizer in the chaotic environs of Iraq.
Sacramento News & Review |
Sasha Abramsky |
05-06-2005 |
International
Tags: international
Crime and Effectnew
Rachel King's new book allows family members' stories to reveal why state-sanctioned killing is not the answer.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
Forgive and Survivenew
Martha Beck's memoir of overcoming abuse is more about thriving rather than merely surviving, and it includes some insider information on life as a Utah Mormon.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
Star in a Jar?new
Miracle or pipe-dream? A working nuclear-fusion reactor uses bubbles to produce power at a fraction of today's energy costs and creates almost no pollution.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
04-29-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Medieval Empirenew
Is resistance futile as America goes feudal? And what will the "new feudalism" look like?
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-13-2005 |
Commentary
Soldier's Storynew
A Marine, killed in Iraq, leaves behind an extended family with differing opinions about the war.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
03-25-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Empire! Intrigue! Murder!new
Jay Feldman’s new book shakes up American frontier history with an exploration of the massive New Madrid earthquakes.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
03-23-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Bringing Down a Damnew
It was 1923 when engineers flooded Yosemite's magnificent Hetch Hetchy Valley. If building the O'Shaughnessy Dam can be seen as a glorious accomplishment of the 20th century, would tearing it down be a worthy testament to the 21st?
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
01-24-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Here Come the Wobblies!new
In a labor battle with roots dating back 100 years, independent truckers and Starbucks employees are now joining the wild and contentious Wobblies.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
01-14-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
No Vote Left Behindnew
The president's new puppy got more publicity last week than a report released by the House Judiciary Committee Democratic staff, called “Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio.”
Sacramento News & Review |
Bill Forman |
01-14-2005 |
Commentary
