AltWeeklies Wire
Chain Reactionnew
Do bookstores have a future?
The Village Voice |
Paul Collins |
05-24-2006 |
Books
From Russia With Love Handlesnew
Shteyngart's follow-up to The Russian Debutante's Handbook is less than appetizing.
The Village Voice |
Carla Blumenkranz |
05-17-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Absurdistan, Gary Shteyngart
New Sensationnew
Clover's second book of poems takes on post–9/11 society -- and contemporary poetry.
The Village Voice |
Alan Gilbert |
05-10-2006 |
Poetry
Other Voices, Other Roomsnew
Schlesinger's collected Voice columns make for a surreal Gotham cross-section.
The Village Voice |
Jenny Davidson |
05-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Magic Numbersnew
There are at least 13 ways of looking at world-weaver David Mitchell's bewitching 13-part novel.
The Village Voice |
Ed Park |
04-19-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Swan Green, David Mitchell
Mutationsnew
This is a hairy swan song from the late Tristan Egolf.
The Village Voice |
James Browning |
04-05-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Kornwolf, Tristan Egolf
Hustle and Glownew
As the title suggests, My Lives is a multi-chambered thing, arranged as a kind of kinetic sculpture, with its many parts rotating and reflecting one another.
The Village Voice |
Thomas Beller |
04-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
Strange Fruit, Family Treenew
Cynthia Carr confronts a haunting family secret.
The Village Voice |
Angela Ards |
03-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
Write Said Deadnew
Mortuary literature has become a surprisingly lively genre, and Johnson's entertaining amble through this transformation ably spans everything from the Sixth Great Obituary Writers' International Conference to an obituarist's own funeral.
The Village Voice |
Paul Collins |
03-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Further Adventures of Artbabenew
The graphic novelist Jessica Abel comes up from underground.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
03-22-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jessica Abel, La Perdida
Really Black Humornew
The author of White Boy Shuffle digs through the crates for a surprising set of yuks.
The Village Voice |
Pete L'Official |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
L.A. Womannew
Braverman reflects on the city of face-lifts in her "accidental memoir."
The Village Voice |
Akiva Gottlieb |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Examining the Inevitablenew
Pierson's book is part memoir, part philosophical treatise on the idea of home and part history lesson.
The Village Voice |
Katherine Sharpe |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Octavia E. Butler, 1947-2006new
Butler's 12 science-fiction novels encourage a compulsion to tear through one after the other, to never want to be away from her sprawling universes and her staggering humanity.
The Village Voice |
Dream Hampton |
03-08-2006 |
Books
A New Coursenew
Reynolds proposes that post-punk turned away from the reactionary cul-de-sac that preceded it even while recognizing punk as "a chance to make a break with tradition."
The Village Voice |
Jessica Winter |
03-06-2006 |
Nonfiction
