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Tales From the Wrongfully Convictednew
Surviving Justice, a collaboration between McSweeney's and the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, is a well-researched exploration of America's unjust system of criminal conviction and exoneration.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
12-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
Never Super-er
No need to wait until next summer to see the next viewer-friendly, blockbuster reinterpretation of Superman; it's right here in handy comic book format.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
11-24-2005 |
Original Work
Sean Hannity, Cyborg Hero of the People
A new comic book series posits a futuristic, liberal dystopia where the only thing between mollycoddled terrorists and the total annihilation of the American people are action heroes G. Gordon Liddy and Sean Hannity.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
11-10-2005 |
Fiction
Dr. Seuss, Pre-Med
A new collection of early works reveals Dr. Seuss as more than just another brand name or massively influential children's book author: He was a real, living artist whose work wasn't always all that great.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
11-09-2005 |
Original Work
Toothpaste -- It's What's for Dinner
First-name-only cartoonist Drew's online comic strip Toothpaste for Dinner gets downloaded into a hard-copy collection.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
11-03-2005 |
Original Work
Raising Hellnew
Clive Barker, whose paintings are colorful, ornate and sometimes highly erotic, unleashes his demons.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kara Luger |
10-28-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Cluck Corporate Americanew
Two books get inside the big businesses of corporate farming and poultry production.
Baltimore City Paper |
Scott Carlson |
10-26-2005 |
Nonfiction
He’s Serlarious
Al Franken, known for being both hilarious and serious, says he has bigger fish to fry in his new book: the Bush administration and Congress.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
10-26-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Al Franken, The Truth (With Jokes)
Yes, Virginia, There Is an American Dream
C.J. Hribal's sweeping new novel, The Company Car, follows one family's 50-year pursuit of the American Dream. But does the American Dream still exist? If so, is it still worth pursuing? Hribal addresses these and other questions about our social landscape in an interview.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Another Look at Frailty
In an email interview, Bee Season author Myla Goldberg discusses her new novel set during the flu pandemic of 1918, her musical and spelling prowess, and her fondness for "the full spectrum of language."
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
She's Gotta Have Hitsnew
Pop-music interludes intrude on the story of a female music exec.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
10-06-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Bliss, Danyel Smith
Comically Disinclinednew
Here's a selection of comic books for those who don't care for comics.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tim Kreider |
09-28-2005 |
Fiction
Moral Mendacity
In his new book -- a stocking stuffer for the pissed-off liberal in your family -- first-time author Bryan Harris lays out the facts about moralistic rightwingers who have their own skeletons. Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, you've been served.
LEO Weekly |
Cary Stemle |
09-22-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Marriage Coming-of-Age Storynew
The Commitment is a memoir sprinkled with polemic on gay marriage (in the absence of legal recognition) and gay family life (in the absence of established norms).
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
09-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Dan Savage, The Commitment
Baker On Baker
Cartoonist Kyle Baker throws himself into his work like never before, and then gets serious with a new Nat Turner biography.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-14-2005 |
Original Work
