AltWeeklies Wire
Still Howlingnew
Four new books celebrate the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's epic poem, including a documentary look at its banning in San Francisco and the subsequent obscenity trial.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
10-23-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Bill Morgan, Howl on Trial
Hollywood War Machinenew
War movies: What are they good for? Carl Boggs helps us figure it out.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
08-31-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Death Is the New Sexnew
Gilbert takes an unflinching look at the last taboo.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-27-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Fighting Wordsnew
Five nationally-known Sacramento poets offer their poems against the war.
Sacramento News & Review |
Gary Snyder, Julia Connor, Joe Wenderoth, Sandra M. Gilber, Joshua McKinney and Jose Montoya |
03-16-2006 |
Original Work
'Dulce et Decorum Est'new
Iraq war veteran and poet Brian Turner is the real deal -- in Here, Bullet, he brings the war home.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
03-16-2006 |
Poetry
Tags: Brian Turner, Here, Bullet
Saving Souls, Losing Kidsnew
Two new memoirs, Jesus Land and Have You Seen My Mother? detail how religious fanaticism can affect children.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
02-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Global Warming and the Fear of a Frozen Planetnew
Kim Stanley Robinson’s new novel about what happens after an abrupt climate change is an ambitious cultural weapon in the global-warming wars.
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
12-22-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Uncomfortable White Peoplenew
Robert Jensen's new book looks at the persistence of white privilege.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
12-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
First, Last, Alwaysnew
Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, winner of this year's National Book Award for nonfiction, holds nothing back.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
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
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
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
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
