AltWeeklies Wire
Dark Prince Goes Down in Plamesnew
In his memoir, Novak attempts to justify outing Valerie Plame and other moral lapses, but his explanations are self-serving, to say the least, and not very convincing.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
01-03-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Challenge of Holiday Feastingnew
After reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, you may never look at a holiday ham -- or any dinner for that matter -- the same again.
Jackson Free Press |
Brandi Herrera Pfrehm |
12-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
From Potty Training to Peniinew
This tongue-in-cheek guide to the rocky road of parenthood tells readers right off that the task of parenting is generally neither fun nor profitable. And it often looks easier if it is someone else's children.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
12-27-2007 |
Original Work
'I Question America'new
Mills' book is worth reading, not only because it is well written and thoroughly researched, but also because it describes the life of a person who would rank in the top 10 of the most important and essential Mississippians of the last 50 years.
Jackson Free Press |
Jere Nash |
12-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
The City That Care Rememberednew
Joshua Clark's memoir is, quite simply, a mess of beautiful language, heart-wrenching tales, drunken vagaries and eccentric characters.
Jackson Free Press |
Gary Sheppard |
12-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mississippi's CIA Connectionnew
This story of the CIA reads more like a thriller than a history book.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
11-28-2007 |
Nonfiction
Vivid Spells of Color and Desirenew
Once vague and impersonal, my view into this exotic world of tradition, assimilation and religion became more engaging when viewed through the minds of Soueif's characters.
Jackson Free Press |
Megan Morrison |
11-20-2007 |
Fiction
Something to Write Home Aboutnew
Johnny Cash's letters to his first wife, many of them compelling love songs, show a side of the musician that never came out in his songs.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
11-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Broadsides from Left Fieldnew
Zirin has managed to stake out formidable territory at the intersection of "SportsWorld" and "RealWorld": a dimly-lit place where our purest ideals are laced with fear, violence and exploitation in the manufacturing of the American dream.
Jackson Free Press |
Matt Smith |
10-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mystery of the Dog Gone Missingnew
A dog-lover's review of the "mostly true account of Sonny Brewer's dogged search for his beloved pet."
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
10-12-2007 |
Fiction
Stylized Simplicitynew
Jackson, Miss. painter Miriam Weems' has a technique that is simple and direct, with bold swatches of paint applied in rapid daubs and broad, bright sweeps of color.
Jackson Free Press |
Elise Smith |
10-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
Lone Wolfnew
Hagberg has a real talent for raising the reader's expectation and then stringing him or her along to a surprising, but almost always logical conclusion.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
09-21-2007 |
Fiction
'High Cotton': Not For Sissiesnew
There have been hundreds, maybe thousands, of books written about the social, agricultural and economic attributes of cotton, but not until Gerard Helferich came along did anyone think to provide insight into what it is like to actually be a cotton farmer.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
08-23-2007 |
Nonfiction
All About Kissing Babiesnew
This novel, which falls into the vein of "chick lit," won't evoke much thought, but it will make you smile, and that's reason enough to read it.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
08-15-2007 |
Fiction
Telling It Straightnew
Mills devotes chapters to the "Three Kings of Tombigbee Country" (Elvis, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus), former legislators Butch Lambert and Jerry Wilburn, former state Supreme Court Justice Armis Hawkins and Mill's life as a young legislator staying at the old Sun-N-Sand Motel.
Jackson Free Press |
Jere Nash |
07-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
