AltWeeklies Wire
Tyrant of the Screennew
Foster Hirsch uses personal background only as determining antecedents in the context of Otto Preminger's role as a director, giving the reader juicy insights where it matters most -- his relationships with his actors and the fascinating skirmishes on-set.
Shepherd Express |
Steve Spice |
02-15-2008 |
Nonfiction
Go, Dog, Gonew
Beowulf meets Bram Stoker. Or perhaps Homer writes an epic about a lycanthropically-challenged Corleone family. Either way, Toby Barlow's novel-in-verse about urban werewolves is busting genre every which way, and in the very best way.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
02-14-2008 |
Fiction
Exploring Communism's Dixie Rootsnew
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, a North Carolina-born history professor at Yale University, traveled to Russia to research the Communist Party's involvement with the American Civil Rights Movement.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
How to Write Memoir (Really)new
Not much in the way of a front-to-cover book, Natalie Goldberg's Old Friend from Far Away is an engaging, practical means to an end.
The Portland Mercury |
Courtney Ferguson |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Yes, It's a Werewolf Booknew
In Toby Barlow's surprising first novel, contemporary Los Angeles is secretly inhabited by packs of men who can, at will, transform themselves into dogs.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
02-14-2008 |
Fiction
Lamenting the Fading of Black Historynew
One of the more startling revelations of Charles Cobb Jr.'s On the Road to Freedom, out last month from Algonquin Books, is just how rapidly the physical history of the Civil Rights movement is withering before our eyes.
INDY Week |
Gerry Canavan |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Edie Sedgwick is Deadnew
But empty celebrity is alive and well. Often donning full drag, Justin Moyer uses the poor little rich girl persona to address how we understand celebrity and as a vehicle for the empty celebration of decadence and fame.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
02-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Liar's Professionnew
"Unauthorized" rock biographers offer the illicit, illegitimate, sniggering-behind-your-hand versions of famous lives.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
02-14-2008 |
Books
Won't You Be My Neighbor?new
Vanderbilt professor believes the Golden Rule is more than just a commandment.
Nashville Scene |
Paul V. Griffith |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Beyond Heavy Breathing and Heaving Breastsnew
A novelist discusses her plan for making history come alive.
Nashville Scene |
Lacey Galbraith |
02-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Thesis of 'Against the Machine' Ultimately Runs Off the Railsnew
In this a compact rant, cultural critic Lee Siegel nails some of the shibboleths of a Web 2.0 world in which too much connectivity results in social atomization.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Dirty Wordsnew
Lusty busboys, plushies and Dick Cheney. Our book report on five new sex anthologies: Sex for America, The Eaten Heart: Unlikely Tales of Love, Do Me: Tales of Sex and Love from Tin House, SMUT Vol. 1, and My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead.
Willamette Week |
Melissa Lion |
02-13-2008 |
Books
Tags: Sex for America, Stephen Elliott
Priest-Turned-Author Helps African Refugeesnew
Gary Smith is a 70-year-old Catholic priest who says things like "Darfur is a frickin' mess" and "humans are fucked up."
Willamette Week |
Amanda Waldroupe |
02-13-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gary Smith, They Come Back Singing
To Be, or To Be Autonautsnew
Julio Cortazar and Carol Dunlop parody the travel book and reinvent the road story.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
02-13-2008 |
Fiction
Invasion of The Body Watchersnew
Aine Collier's The Humble Little Condom: A History and Jamye Waxman's Getting Off: A Woman's Guide to Masturbation examine the historical prohibitions of so-called sex without procreation.
Baltimore City Paper |
Heather Harris |
02-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
