AltWeeklies Wire
'The Italian Letter' Looks at Bush Administration's Dangerous Fakerynew
When the history of this gruesome war is finally written, people will marvel at how this shoddy forgery became such an effective weapon in the Bush administration's arsenal of lies.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Shock Doctrine' Deliversnew
Klein may be called a conspiracy theorist because she argues that greedy multinational corporations, rightist think tanks and neo-liberal governments are the designers of many international economic disasters, but even skeptics will be impressed by the weight of statistics, documentation and first-hand quotes she assembles to make her case.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
Ellis Can't Make the Leap from Comic to Novelnew
Pick up any of his Transmetropolitan graphic novels instead -- you'll get more entertainment for less money.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
09-14-2007 |
Fiction
'Delible' is a Haunting Storynew
Vancouver writer Anne Stone's third novel is inventive and lushly rendered.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
09-07-2007 |
Fiction
Emma Donoghue's Long-Distance Love Story Breaks Downnew
The prose here is much better than almost anything else available in contemporary lesbo lit, but lacks the ideas and outrage of her historical fiction.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
08-31-2007 |
Fiction
A Less-Than-Flattering Tribute to Jack Kerouacnew
Robertson highlights that gap between fantasy and reality -- and pursues his theme of deluded hero worship -- by showing us a Kerouac who is nasty, racist, anti-Semitic and hopelessly in love with America.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
08-31-2007 |
Fiction
'Girl' Talknew
Serano's background as a biologist, performer and transsexual activist makes Whipping Girl insightful, in-depth and multi-faceted.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
08-24-2007 |
Nonfiction
'A Thousand Splendid Suns': A Problematic Epicnew
By the time you've brought your emotions under control, you'll realize that this book amounts to an elaborate apology for American military intervention in Afghanistan and, by extension, Canada's as well.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
08-24-2007 |
Fiction
A Russian Toxic Shockernew
The murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London last year via a deadly dose of radioactive polonium, and the mystery of who and what was behind it, is ably told by former BBC Moscow correspondent Martin Sixsmith.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
08-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
No 'Beauty' Here, Just Mathnew
Stewart's prose is clear, and he has a good story to tell and some fascinating ideas to present -- but he never quite brings his subject to life.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
08-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Interpreter': Criminal Injusticenew
A well-told story of death and injustice, one of many such tales that are part of the narrative of World War II.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
08-06-2007 |
Nonfiction
'A Private House': Cuban Reverienew
This fabulous read -- part travelogue, part thriller -- leads us through the white-hot, crumbling streets of Old Havana and the cool, spiked darkness of the labyrinthine back streets where Cubans live and dream.
NOW Magazine |
Lesley McAllister |
07-27-2007 |
Fiction
'Gym' Dandynew
Except for one, each of the 33 working novelists, short story writers and poets assembled by Clark delivers practical tips in plain English for the practicing writer.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
07-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Ralph Ellison's Visible Geniusnew
Rampersad overwrites the myth of Ellison as a one-hit wonder to reveal a diligent, irascible and self-directed man who clawed his way to greatness despite adversaries who tried to cut him down.
NOW Magazine |
Lauren Kirschner |
07-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Boomsday' Bustnew
Buckley can be really funny, and there are a few laugh-out-loud moments here, but he has a habit of stating the obvious.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
06-29-2007 |
Fiction
