AltWeeklies Wire
Bibliophilianew
Here's the lowdown on this year's crop of Valentine's Day books and whether they're worth your time.
Seattle Weekly |
Kellie Hwang |
02-08-2006 |
Books
Scenes From a Mallnew
An heir to Bukowski and Eileen Myles struts her stuff.
The Village Voice |
Brandon Stosuy |
02-08-2006 |
Fiction
The Space Racenew
It's a small world after all: Mike Davis takes a crowded look at global urban catastrophe.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mike Davis, Planet of Slums
Boca to the Maxnew
Who knew puking in South Florida would get Tucker Max on the bestseller list in New York?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
02-07-2006 |
Books
A Time To Killnew
Hell breaks loose in Pennsyltucky in Tristan Egolf's third and final novel.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gill |
02-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Kornwolf, Tristan Egolf
The Dream Is Over
There aren't many winners in the American economic game.
Washington City Paper |
Ian Martinez |
02-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Dollars to Doughnuts
Apparently there's an identity crisis in corporate America -- and it involves doughnuts.
Washington City Paper |
Ian Martinez |
02-03-2006 |
Fiction
Faith Healingnew
The pages of historian Taylor Branch's third volume in his parallel biography of Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil-rights movement turn heavily.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
02-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: At Canaan's Edge, Taylor Branch
Bloody Valentinenew
Subtle magic clashes with pulp fiction storytelling in Eden Robinson's tortured love story.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
02-03-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Blood Sports, Eden Robinson
Just the Facts?new
There's a new kid in town, and his name is creative
nonfiction.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
02-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Jonathan Harr, The Lost Painting
Probing Blitzkrieg's Bopnew
A Detroit author handily delineates the Ramones and their milieu.
Metro Times |
Brian J. Bowe |
02-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nicholas Rombes, Ramones
Beating the Drum, Dullynew
This Bellwether Prize winning novel about a (fictional) Alaskan alt-weekly editor's moral conundrums is too do-gooder for its own good.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
02-02-2006 |
Fiction
The Big Book of Pornnew
Finally, a book about pornography that doesn't get buried in socio-scientific mumbo-jumbo about exploitation and instead focuses on the garish, classless fun of it all.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
02-02-2006 |
Nonfiction
Bucking the Programnew
Will addicts ever recover from James Frey's A Million Little Pieces?
Reno News & Review |
Anonymous |
02-02-2006 |
Books
Being Frank Steinnew
Frank recounts the beastly book he stitched together from the fundamental particles of language discovered during his prodigal studies of modern linguistics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
02-02-2006 |
Fiction
