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The Superfriends Get a New Paint Job
Painter Alex Ross returns to DC's Justice League superheroes, giving them a photorealistic sheen.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
08-04-2005 |
Fiction
Talking the Talknew
Anthony DeCurtis has had A-list access for decades as an editor at Rolling Stone, but this book gets as much juice from his gently thoughtful manner of questioning as from his connections with celebrity.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
08-04-2005 |
Nonfiction
J.K. Rowling's 'Prince' is Full-Bloodednew
They say the third time's the charm, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth volume in J.K. Rowling's coming-of-age saga of the Frodo/Jesus of the wizarding world, is the best since the third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Boston Phoenix |
Carolyn Clay |
08-02-2005 |
Fiction
Fifty Years After His Disappearance, Poet Lives Onnew
Renewed attention to Weldon Kees is a peculiar literary revival tale, in which one enthusiast after another seems to discover his own life story in Kees, then proselytizes on behalf of the forgotten poet.
Deep Waters of Weltynew
Susan Marrs takes readers through the years of life of this icon of Mississippi literature in which she lived and read and wrote and revised herself into a full-fledged writer.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
07-28-2005 |
Nonfiction
101, If You Count the Byline
Biased author Bernard Goldberg's 100 People Who Are Ruining America offers a helpful list of who to hate
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-28-2005 |
Nonfiction
Author Channels Monty Python In New Booknew
Though there are no Knights Who Say "Ni" in Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail, author Christopher Dawes was clearing channeling Monty Python in his real-life quest aimed at "converting [my] loft and/or finding Holy Grail."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
07-28-2005 |
Fiction
A Brick of Crumb: A Handbook Collects the Cartoonistnew
The R. Crumb Handbook is a peculiar hybrid: part sampler of Crumb’s work, part autobiography, part festschrift, part documentation of his favorite things, part collection of photographs of the artist looking like one of his own caricatures.
Boston Phoenix |
Douglas Wolk |
07-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
It's Plain to See in the Illusionist's Transparent Boxnew
Is Adair's final revelation the real transcendent deal or merely a philosophical sleight of hand? Such a cynic you are! It's all there plain to see in the illusionist's transparent box.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
07-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
An Ice Place to Visit
Cartoonist Daniel Clowes presents the first -- and only -- great American comic-strip novel.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-21-2005 |
Fiction
Unapologeticnew
A new edition of The Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser reminds us that the personal is still political.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
07-20-2005 |
Poetry
Mixing Books and Boozenew
In Seattle, poetry is the new rock 'n' roll.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
07-20-2005 |
Books
Florida Fiction Offers Sleaze! Sex! Suspense!new
South Florida's lesser-known authors include S.V. Date, who writes political satires so sharp one online reviewer demanded he be deported, and vagabond sailor Christine Kling.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
07-19-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Holding Forth: Marc Estrin's Arnold Hitlernew
Marc Estrin’s sophomore novel follows an alienated protagonist as his life intersects with various historical events and flash points. Arnold Hitler enters a Texas elementary school in the mid ’50s, and witnesses up close the wrenching drama of an early desegregation attempt.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
07-19-2005 |
Fiction
Shots: An American Photographer's Journal 1967-1972new
In a book filled with striking and provocative photos, perhaps the most striking and provocative is a shot of demonstrators behind a barricade during Nixon's 1969 inauguration.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-15-2005 |
Nonfiction
