AltWeeklies Wire
Highlights for the 2010 Festival of the Booknew
Trying to visit every event at the 16th annual Festival of the Book is a good way to get your eyes strained and your ankles sprained, so C-VILLE put together a guide of things that seemed worth doing. Don't be shy to visit vabook.org for complete listings.
C-Ville Weekly |
Andrew Cedermark |
03-17-2010 |
Books
Rachel Greenwald Lays Out Common Reasons 'He Didn't Call You Back'new
I was prepared to dislike Rachel Greenwald's book Why He Didn't Call You Back, which outlines the results of 1,000 "exit interviews" she conducted with men who never initiated second dates. Surprisingly, I'll recommend this book to all of my clients.
C-Ville Weekly |
Marya Choby |
06-17-2009 |
Nonfiction
In Charlottesville and Elsewhere, Verse Remains Vital, Local and Freenew
Most people think Americans don't really do the poetry thing. We might do the Hollywood thing, the tech thing, the nation-building thing, and (at least until this year) the high finance thing. But not that poetry thing. Ah, but we do. We just don’t know it.
C-Ville Weekly |
Sam Witt |
05-27-2009 |
Books
Lush Lit: Five Great Wine Books for the Holidaysnew
A wise person once said that talking about music is like dancing about architecture. The same could perhaps be said in regards to talking about wine, an exercise so absurd it's regularly mocked on novelty napkins. Writing about wine, however, is another thing entirely. Wine is an especially literary liquid; no other nutrient gets its own section in the bookstore.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
12-10-2008 |
Books
'Bedlam South' is an Old War from a New Grishamnew
Mark Grisham (brother of John) and David Donaldson have a story they want to tell about the American Civil War, the birth of the practice of psychology in the United States and the hand of God in human affairs. That's a tall order for a debut set in a landscape already so thoroughly tunneled and trenched.
C-Ville Weekly |
Elizabeth McCullough |
09-17-2008 |
Fiction
'The Porn Trap' Tells the Stories of a Wide Range of Porn Addictsnew
Here we finally have a book that I believe will prove a great resource for individuals struggling with excessive use of pornography.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
09-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Poetry in 'Satin Cash' is Never Less than Splendidnew
For poets and non-poets alike, Spaar's overriding theme -- how the "one" figures in the "many" -- is the stuff of life.
C-Ville Weekly |
Doug Nordfors |
08-13-2008 |
Poetry
All 'Greek' to Younew
Collins' dry wit is explained by his influences, Anthony Trollope and Evelyn Waugh. He is sometimes compared to Jane Austen, with whom he shares insight into the mating rituals of the upper class.
C-Ville Weekly |
Elizabeth McCullough |
03-19-2008 |
Fiction
'The History of Anonymity' Both Approaches and Recedesnew
Jennifer Chang's poems make real use of the line, particularly the first of the batch, which is several pages long and shares the title of her collection.
C-Ville Weekly |
Sara Yenke |
03-12-2008 |
Poetry
Fighting the Devil in Outsider Artnew
Greg Bottoms uncovers the wild side of Christian art in The Colorful Apocalypse.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
01-30-2008 |
Nonfiction
John Grisham Sued for Libelnew
Prosecutor and investigator not happy with The Innocent Man, the author's nonfiction debut.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
10-10-2007 |
Books
'These Things' is Drop-dead Hilariousnew
Smoking, once a cultural norm, is now essentially a taboo subject -- and there's no one better than Emily Flake to get to the heart of the drama of an addicted smoker trying her damndest to quit.
C-Ville Weekly |
Doug Nordfors |
08-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
