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Howard Zinn Never Figured He'd Be in a Comic Booknew
But there he is in the new A People's History of American Empire, in which artist Mike Konopacki and historian Paul Buhle commingle the scholarship of Zinn's A People's History of the United States with the personal recollections of his memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Leaving Las Vegas': Rearviewnew
A lifetime of struggle went into John O'Brien's most famous work.
Cleveland Free Times |
Erin O'Brien |
04-16-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Book of Imprisoned Women's Writing is Fascinating, Heartbreaking, Amusing & Frighteningnew
Words Without Walls, a book of poetry and drawings from women in Nova Scotian prisons, offers insight into troubled lives and a damaged system.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sue Carter Flinn |
04-14-2008 |
Books
'Power Stronger Than Itself': Great Black Music in Printnew
After ten years, George Lewis' monumental history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a black collective that formed on the south side of Chicago in 1965, is finally finished.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
04-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The War on Bugs' Explores the Pesticide Agendanew
We've come a long way from arsenic-tainted food (arsenic and lead were popular pesticides for decades), but, as Will Allen rightly points out in his new book, our determination to slaughter pests and increase yields has had some far-reaching consequences on health -- both ours and the planet's.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Crossing the Waters' Offers a Peek into the Afro-Cuban Religionnew
The book's charismatic protagonist is Santiago Castaneda Vera, a spiritual practitioner who "works" the spirits of the dead and whose sacred oricha is Yemaya, the mother of the waters.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
04-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
David Hajdu Examines the Beginnings of Comic Booksnew
In The Ten Cent Plague, Hajdu does a fair job of balancing the story of the infamous Kefauver hearings, Seduction of the Innocent, and the subsequent "Approved by the Comics Code Authority" self-policing of the comic book industry.
Charleston City Paper |
Jsaon A. Zwiker |
04-09-2008 |
Nonfiction
Jim Wallis Reimagines a Christian Take on Controversial Political Issuesnew
If progressives can see past their justified mistrust of politicking pastors, they may find in the evangelical pastor Wallis not just an ally but a visionary, beckoning from the vanguard of social justice.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
04-09-2008 |
Nonfiction
Banned Books at the Texas Department of Criminal Justicenew
It's not an easy thing to find out which books the Texas prison system has barred from inmates. But we found a way around it: We asked for a year's correspondence between the TDCJ mailrooms seeking rulings on inmate material and the "Director's Review Committee" that screens the books and magazines. Here's what we found.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
04-08-2008 |
Books
Iain M. Banks' Latest Won't Win Him New Convertsnew
His latest sci-fi epic, Matter, is dense, both in terms of weight and scope.
Baltimore City Paper |
Adrienne Martini |
04-08-2008 |
Fiction
An Interview With Richard Price, Written in the Style of Richard Pricenew
To the best of Brian McManus' (limited) ability.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
04-07-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lush Life, Richard Price
As Del Lay Dyingnew
On his deathbed, comedy genius Del Close held court at one last party.
Chicago Reader |
Kim "Howard" Johnson |
04-07-2008 |
Excerpts
Mything In Action: An Interview with Glenn Greenwald
Author Glenn Greenwald answers some key questions exploring themes in his forthcoming book, Great American Hypocrites: Toppling The Big Myths of Republican Politics.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
04-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Blackwater's Terrifying Reachnew
Jeremy Scahill discusses privatization of war and civilian life.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Patricia Pearson Examines Her Neuroses and Oursnew
Fear, she believes, is our rational reaction to actual crisis, and most of us -- even neurotics -- are programmed to use it intelligently. Anxiety is something else, an objectless dread that paralyzes us, and seems to be culturally created.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
