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'Woods Burner' Explores in Fiction Thoreau's Pivotal Firenew
On April 30, 1844, Henry David Thoreau began the fire that eventually burned 300 acres of forest outside his home in Concord, Mass. Woods Burner is poet and novelist John Pipkin's fictional exploration of that event, which he paints as a turning point for Thoreau.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
06-26-2009 |
Fiction
A Very Well-Behaved Record of Fearless Womennew
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich provides a window through which to view the social injustices faced by three of history's famous women. Just don't be surprised if their struggles look a lot like our own.
Jackson Free Press |
Brandi Herrera Pfrehm |
05-11-2009 |
Nonfiction
A 'Graphic History' of Intellectual Delinquencynew
This graphic anthology of "Beats" biographies mostly tells the intertwining stories of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, featuring those written by alternative comics king, Harvey Pekar.
Jackson Free Press |
Darren Schwindaman |
04-24-2009 |
Nonfiction
'If I Could Choose Yesterday'new
In his memoir, Bill Miles provides an astute life-long observer's view of pivotal historic events in the Magnolia State and the politics that make up Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
Jere Nash |
04-24-2009 |
Nonfiction
'Alphabet Juice' Is a Sesquipedlaian Delightnew
Reading Alphabet Juice is like chaperoning a jungle gym full of words at play; you attentively watch them run among and slip and slide as you sit back and enjoy the cool evening breeze.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Litvin |
04-16-2009 |
Nonfiction
Eclipsing Slave History: 'Sugar of the Crop'new
Sana Butler set out to tell the stories of the children of slaves in America. Her book, however, is all about her, which is a shame.
Jackson Free Press |
Walter Biggins |
04-16-2009 |
Nonfiction
Veering Out of the Fast Lane: 'See You in a Hundred Years'new
Logan Ward and his family left Manhattan for rural Virginia, where they lived without electricity, phones or laptops for a year. To heal our planet, we can all use a little of what they learned, even without giving up our reading lamps.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
04-09-2009 |
Nonfiction
Well-to-Do Discriminationnew
The Help is a fictional expose of racial discrimination set in 1960s Jackson, Miss., told with pathos and humor.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Warren Tatum |
04-03-2009 |
Fiction
David C. Korten Proposes a New Economic Modelnew
His Agenda for a New Economy is a departure from the same old rehashed economic theories of the past. It doesn't just nibble around the edges of the current economic crisis.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
03-27-2009 |
Nonfiction
Ted Gioia's 'Delta Blues' Catalogs the Bluesnew
Delta Blues rambles from Mississippi to Memphis, from Chicago to New York and across Europe, just like the musicians it documents.
Jackson Free Press |
Walter Biggins |
02-19-2009 |
Nonfiction
'Where the River Ends': One Foot In the Gravenew
Florida-based author Charles Martin has continued his run of heart string-tugging stories with his new novel, Where the River End.
Jackson Free Press |
Michael Patronik |
10-06-2008 |
Fiction
Disaster: A Growth Industrynew
Klein exposes—with razor-sharp investigative reporting—the damage done by the fundamentalist economic theories of Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, who said: “Only a crises actual or perceived produces real change.”
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Duke of Gonzonew
What author would you like to have over to your house? Vonnegut, Hemingway, Angelou? Thanks to the University Press of Mississippi’s Literary Conversations Series, the question is no longer moot, and you don’t even have to make dinner.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
08-26-2008 |
Nonfiction
Man v. Fleshnew
Though it lacks the subtle poetry of the “House of Sand and Fog,” Dubus’ newest offering nevertheless manages to be compelling and sympathetic.
Jackson Free Press |
Cheree Franco |
08-04-2008 |
Fiction
Chuck Palahniuk's Latest Novel is Undeniably Weirdnew
While Rant is less shocking than other Palahniuk novels, it contains a cabal of eccentrics and a zeal for the outrageous.
Jackson Free Press |
Lindsey Maddox |
07-03-2008 |
Fiction
