AltWeeklies Wire
Dennis Cooper Steps Into a Publishing Voidnew
The Sluts brings to life a world that may be unfamiliar to a lot of people: one of hardcore gay sex that walks to the edge of brutal sadomasochism, often jumping in.
New York Press |
Jeff Koyen |
12-22-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Sex, Little, Alex Kasavin, bottoms, Dennis Cooper, Peter Sotos, Selfish, The Sluts, tops, Void Books
Leading D.C. Gay Rights Group Loses Its Voicenew
Imagine if a male spokesperson announced to the press that the National Organization for Women would be "moderating" a bit on the issue of abortion. That's comparable to what's happening at the Human Rights Campaign, which has softened its message since firing its lesbian executive director.
New York Press |
Michelangelo Signorile |
12-22-2004 |
Commentary
Marijuana Reform Advocates Are Burning Outnew
From New York to California, the frontline soldiers of marijuana reform are showing fatigue. One lobbyist hopes that New York Senate Majority leader Joseph Bruno could turn the tide because the 75-year-old Republican's own bout with prostate cancer has given him empathy for other cancer victims.
New York Press |
Dan Neel |
12-22-2004 |
Science
Cartoonist Creates Art From the Ordinarynew
Our Movie Year contains some of the heaviest personal material Harvey Pekar has offered yet. It examines how overwhelmed he was by the prospect of long-delayed success.
New York Press |
Paul Buhle |
12-20-2004 |
Nonfiction
A Hungarian Master Speaks to the Futurenew
Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz, and his works, stand on the precipice of his generation -- one of the darkest in world history -- and scream into the void of a future that they cannot know.
New York Press |
Joshua Cohen |
12-20-2004 |
Fiction
In Ukraine, Beware the Simple Story Linenew
Reports that certain Ukrainian oppositionist political groups had received funding from American organizations put a new spin on the Orange Revolution.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
12-20-2004 |
Commentary
Evangelicals Establish Own Brand of Environmentalismnew
In October, the National Association of Evangelicals approved a document acknowledging a sacred responsibility to steward the earth and care for God's creation. The move could hinder the Bush administration's scorched-earth policy.
New York Press |
Alexander Zaitchik |
12-20-2004 |
Environment
German Author's Sprawling Body of Work Is Distillednew
Grass, with his cat and his mouse, his dog, rat, snail and flounder, can stand beside Beatrix Potter, Kipling and Aesop in the library of quintessential bestiaries.
New York Press |
Elizabeth Keim |
12-09-2004 |
Fiction
How to Cope With the Nonfestive Partnernew
Women with partners who "didn't believe" in the holidays share their crappy-gift histories.
New York Press |
Judy McGuire |
12-09-2004 |
Advice
Only Cowards Resign First, Speak Out Secondnew
Health and Human Services chief Tommy Thompson leaves the Bush White House having overseen the most kooky, dangerous sex education the government has ever promoted.
New York Press |
Michelangelo Signorile |
12-09-2004 |
Commentary
Media Spun the Bhopal Disaster to Diminish Guiltnew
Twenty years ago, the media praised Union Carbide Corporation for the way it handled the accident in Bhopal, India, that killed thousands. Today the injury to the people of Bhopal continues. Neither UCC nor its new parent company Dow has coughed up a dime to clean up the contaminated water supply.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
12-09-2004 |
Environment
Wanted: Readers Equipped to Read the New York Timesnew
It was said a generation ago that The New York Times was written so anyone with a sixth-grade education would be able to understand it. Now the paper, which uses headlines like "Lame Duck Confit," is probably not within the grasp of sixth-graders, or, for that matter, much of its readership.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
12-09-2004 |
Media
Jonathan Franzen's Imaginary Friendnew
The novelist's fine essay in the Nov. 29 issue of The New Yorker is about the comic strip "Peanuts" and his own depressing childhood. How many people would admit to identifying with the loser Charlie Brown?
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
12-01-2004 |
Media
Democratic Leaders Join Michael Moore Witch-Huntnew
Why are all of these Democratic Party leaders distancing themselves from Moore and calling him "anti-American" when Fahrenheit 9/11 clearly outperformed the Dems and John Kerry this year?
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
12-01-2004 |
Commentary
Life of the Man Who Wrote the Lifenew
Really. In a book about Goines, Goines is barely there. The biographer is there though, as are pages upon pages of irrelevant instruction. Just because Allen can't get a bead on his subject doesn't make his subject bad, just badass.
New York Press |
John Hood |
11-17-2004 |
Nonfiction
