AltWeeklies Wire
G. I. Jihadi
A new comic book series Black Heart Irregulars attacks the Iraq War head on.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-02-2005 |
Fiction
Dante, Dudenew
The Commedia finds a 21st-century vernacular.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
09-02-2005 |
Fiction
Wild at Heartnew
Veteran and environmentalist (and veteran environmentalist) Doug Peacock takes a walk down (Edward) Abbey road.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
09-01-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Doug Peacock, Walking It Off
An Abstract 'Animal Farm'
George Saunders' strange political allegory plays out in an even stranger setting.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-01-2005 |
Fiction
Novel Goes For Something Sweet Rather Than Scandalnew
A 20-year-old Elvis Presley -- a hillbilly with a funny-sounding name who's just beginning to get noticed on the country music scene -- shares an extended, intimate correspondence with the straight-talking Achsa McEachern, a prodigal 14-year-old Atlanta girl who has skipped three grades in school and is racing toward a bright future in New York City's theater scene, even as her family slowly self-destructs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
09-01-2005 |
Fiction
True Fact Vs. True Fictionnew
An essay by the reclusive literary star J.T. Leroy in the Oxford American's annual music issue turns out to be a whale of a tale.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
08-29-2005 |
Books
Adventures in Flatlandnew
The New York Times op-ed columnist argues that the world is perfectly flat; barriers to participation in the global economy have vanished. Some highly regarded global economists would disagree.
The Village Voice |
Joshua Clover |
08-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
What's Out There?new
New lit mag High Desert Journal goes looking for its place.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
08-26-2005 |
Books
Between the Linesnew
Rubén Martínez explores the borderlands and illuminates the debate about the border.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
08-25-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Memory of Texas Political Giants Malingers Onnew
Beyond its veiled allusions to familiar people, places and events, Waterloo is that rare accomplishment, a provincial fiction that finds the universe in a grain of Texas silt.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
08-25-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Karen Olsson, Waterloo
Double Billed
Tom Robbins' Wild Ducks Flying Backwards re-presents the author's shorter works -- not that there's anything wrong with that.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
08-25-2005 |
Nonfiction
At Play in the Fields of the Borgnew
Paul Di Filippo is not a sci-fi master -- not yet, anyway -- but he is a skilled journeyman who has explored more of the sci-fi universe than most.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
08-25-2005 |
Fiction
Punk Rock Prosenew
Punk rock, mental breakdowns, bucketloads of beer -- Jimmy Reject has figured out that it's one thing being a punk rocker, and it's another being on the outside of the world looking in.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-25-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
True Liesnew
Middle-aging enfant terrible Bret Easton Ellis tells the story of his life -- sorta.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret |
08-24-2005 |
Fiction
Frank King's Gasoline Alley Comes to Hardcovernew
In Frank King’s Walt and Skeezix, editors Jeet Heer, Chris Oliveros, and Chris Ware have produced a handsomely designed, sweet-souled book, along with a forthcoming multi-volume set of his Gasoline Alley comic strips.
Boston Phoenix |
William Corbett |
08-22-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Frank O. King, Walt and Skeezix
