AltWeeklies Wire
The Death of the Books Sectionnew
Book reviews are conversation that constitutes a culture -- when we are silent about William Gass and J. M. Coetzee our culture is in crisis.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
05-09-2007 |
Books
2007 Texas Books Issuenew
Eleven Texas releases reviewed, with works by Stephanie Elizondo Griest and Taddy McAllister.
San Antonio Current |
Staff |
05-09-2007 |
Books
Upright Mennew
A history of impotence says guys made the ruler they measure themselves by.
San Antonio Current |
Nick Gillespie |
05-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
About a Mexicannew
Gustavo Arellano takes a few questions on his infamous column and his cultural bona fides.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
04-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ask a Mexican!, Gustavo Arellano
Cherry Picking Abstinencenew
Virginity is just another social construct, according to Hanne Blank.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
04-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
Texas Coup d'Etatnew
An election-law attorney details Tom DeLay's GOP engineering.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
03-29-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Sea Around Hernew
This succinct volume traces Silent Spring author Rachel Carson's life, from her birth near Pittsburgh in 1907 to her death in Maryland in 1964.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
03-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Reductionist Take on Media Reformnew
What bothers me so much about Chester is that I share his passion for issues of media choice and personal privacy, but he makes enormous logical leaps and engages in gross oversimplification and ad-hominem attacks.
San Antonio Current |
Aaron Delwiche |
03-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Wheels on the Hussy Go ...new
Texas Rollergirl and author Melicious discusses life & strife on eight wheels -- corporate sponsors, open your checkbooks.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
02-07-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Smells Like Anarchynew
The abrupt ending is a reminder that punk's story is a messy, contentious one, and where Heylin succeeds is in explaining the movement's infancy.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
01-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
If Art Is a Lie, Then Tell Me a Talenew
On Truth is not so much a sequel as a prequel or, in more formal terms, a prolegomenon to On Bullshit.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
01-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Harry G. Frankfurt, On Truth
The Beagle Bites Backnew
Levine is not cowed by caricatures of Darwin as the man who claimed that a human is just a monkey's nephew -- rather, he takes more seriously Max Weber's contention that modern, reductionist science has expelled meaning and value from the world.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
01-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Darwin Loves You, George Levine
Arabian Nights, American Centuriesnew
Oren's history of the Middle East finds U.S. adventurers, bounders, and dreamers of every persuasion.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
12-20-2006 |
Nonfiction
Magnificent Solipsismnew
Vidal's second memoir is pompous, flip, arrogant, and somewhat irresistable.
San Antonio Current |
John Dicker |
12-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Dominion Over Politicsnew
Goldberg warns that while the religious movement may seem down and out, there's no better political organizing force in the U.S. today.
San Antonio Current |
Ed Conroy |
12-07-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kingdom Coming, Michelle Goldberg
