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Amber Alertnew
This Bunuelian take on dysfunction demands that we make decisions.
The Village Voice |
Jessica Winter |
01-04-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Ali Smith, The Accidental
Truth Squadnew
Intelligence expert Scott Ritter explains the WMD situation in his new book.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
01-04-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Village Voice's Favorite 25 Books of 2005new
The top books of the year cover subjects from teen sex diseases and Aztec slaughterhouses to Kiss riffs and juvenile tambourinists.
The Village Voice |
Staff Writers |
12-14-2005 |
Books
Broke and Loving Itnew
Laid-off dotcommers have written guides to staying cheerful while unemployed. Also reviewed: Dean LaTourrette and Kristine Enea's Time Off! The Upside to Downtime.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
09-26-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Adventures in Flatlandnew
The New York Times op-ed columnist argues that the world is perfectly flat; barriers to participation in the global economy have vanished. Some highly regarded global economists would disagree.
The Village Voice |
Joshua Clover |
08-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
Less Than Heronew
After a seven-year absence, Ellis dares gossip-rag column space with his first book cast in the past tense, a multi-genre thriller starring a middle-aged, drugged, neurotic, lecherous, and lonesome author named Bret Easton Ellis.
The Village Voice |
Brandon Stosuy |
08-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park
Watch Your Mouthnew
An Australian linguist flaunts her foul language as a badge of courage while charging that her academic peers "have allowed themselves to be affected by the taboo to the point that its exploration has been underresearched."
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
07-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
Wander Womannew
An apprentice to the world at large, Rebecca Solnit has made a life's work out of scavenging for connections. Her latest collection of essays sweeps through myriad varieties of loss, from objects to memories to love.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
07-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
Gay-Baiting Senator Clintonnew
This hot new book is full of innuendo that Hillary Clinton is a lesbian. Spreading such rumors is a typical ploy used to keep women in power from achieving higher leadership positions.
The Village Voice |
Kristen Lombardi |
07-01-2005 |
Nonfiction
Something Happenednew
The hero of John Haskell's debut novel "was in the middle of living happily ever after when something happened." His wife and car disappeared from a roadside gas station, setting him off on a wild-goose chase.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-13-2005 |
Fiction
Deflower Power: Mining the Depths of Reality TVnew
Erik Barmack nails the intricacies of reality dating show conventions in his debut novel. It's about a TV series called The Virgin, in which contestants have a chance to deflower an enigmatic woman named Madison.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-13-2005 |
Fiction
Susan Sontag (1933-2004)new
Essayist and novelist Susan Sontag was the indispensable voice of moral responsibility, perceptual clarity, passionate (and passionately reasonable) advocacy: for aesthetic pleasure, for social justice, for unembarrassed hedonism, for life against death.
The Village Voice |
Gary Indiana |
01-05-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 9/11, novels, Sarajevo, courage, Death Kit, In America, Six Day War, Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
Audioshave: What's Lost in the Abridgmentnew
Nobody really likes abridgments of audiobooks. The listeners who don't mind them are generally unaware of how much they're missing.
The Village Voice |
Lawrence Block |
01-03-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Best Photography Books for the Holidaysnew
The photographic book whose combination of elegance, intelligence and broad appeal makes it the ideal gift this year is Irving Penn's A Notebook at Random.
The Village Voice |
Vince Aletti |
12-15-2004 |
Nonfiction
The Village Voice's 27 Favorite Books of the Yearnew
The unsentimental graphic novel by Iranian-born Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2 and Linh Dinh's collection of seven stories, Blood and Soap, are among the recommended books.
The Village Voice |
Staff Writers |
12-09-2004 |
Nonfiction
