AltWeeklies Wire
Summertime and the Reading Is ... Sleazynew
A reviewer's four top picks from small presses are not for the faint of heart.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-22-2005 |
Fiction
Eulogy for Billy Mack See-Insidenew
It was the name he wanted and what he could do. He could see inside living trees, feel time as it was when each ring was newborn.
Illinois Times |
Doug Bybee Sr. |
06-21-2005 |
Original Work
Tags: Capital Voices, Doug Bybee Sr.
Other Englandsnew
Who wrote Hamlet? Did Christopher Marlowe help William Shakespeare? Plus, the tragic vision and mystical romance of Joan Aiken's Wolves Chronicles.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
06-20-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: in, and, of, King, wolves, Nantucket, black, Stolen, Hearts, Lodge, Alex Jack; Joan Aiken, Battersea, Chase, Clatteringshaws, Cuckoo, Dido, Hamlet; Wolves Chronicles, Lake, Lear, Limbo, Midwinter, Nightbirds, Nightingale, Pa, TREE, Willoughby
Fixing a Leaknew
Former Minneapolis City Councilmember Dan Cohen talks about being outed as the source of a leak about a political candidate's shoplifting conviction, and the subsequent legal battle against two Twin Cities dailies that ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
06-17-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Mr. Poetry Nexusnew
Poet Peter Gizzi has tramped though the poetry backwaters from C-Span to Housatonic and perhaps on to Calcutta.
Valley Advocate |
Andrew Varnon |
06-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Gizzi
Monkeys With Typewritersnew
A book of work by spoken-word poets at Atlanta's Java Monkey has corny confessions and ego-overblown self-expressions. But it doesn't hold up to the silent treatment it's given on the page.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
06-16-2005 |
Poetry
Tags: Poetry Reviews
London Calling
A new book offers a guided tour of the Clash's history -- and city.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
06-16-2005 |
Nonfiction
Feel Like Suicidenew
Best-selling author Nick Hornby talks about writing, rock 'n' roll and learning how to live after deciding to end it all.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
06-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby
How Sweet It Wasnew
Philadelphia music took the country by storm during the disco era. A House on Fire describes these singers' success without telling enough about their sound.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Freedberg |
06-10-2005 |
Nonfiction
Another Brick at the Wal
The United States of Wal-Mart takes frisky shots at the retail monolith.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-10-2005 |
Nonfiction
Historical Dictionnew
Rick Bass messes with Texas.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
06-09-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Rick Bass, The Diezmo
So You Want To Be Batman...
Batman may have written the book on crime-fighting, but you get to read it.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Author Doesn't Apologize for Wal-Martnew
John Dicker is refreshing for his willingness to hold everyone's feet to the fire -- CEOs, customers and critics alike. He calls Wal-Mart "a macro-sized microcosm of many of America's biggest socioeconomic clusterfucks."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
From the Bronx to South Central: Jeff Chang’s Epic History of Hip-Hopnew
Critic and activist Jeff Chang’s ambitious and thorough Can’t Stop Won’t Stop might be the best book ever written on hip-hop, precisely because he treats it and its attendant generation as the coda rather the song.
Boston Phoenix |
Hua Hsu |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Legendary Crime Writer Likes His Writing Leannew
Elmore Leonard talks about his latest novel, The Hot Kid, along with his love of basketball and the beauty of writing.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
06-08-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elmore Leonard, The Hot Kid
