Book Review: Seed, Demonic Possession And Creepy Kiddies A Cajun-Flavored Sampling Of Things That Go Bump In The Night When you think about it, post-Katrina Louisiana creates the perfect setting for a horror tale. Storm-ravaged bayous and flooded levees—along with an already [...] Adam Fox \ Jul 28, 2011 Read More
How-To Review: Street Smarts: Beyond The Diploma How To Make A Shiv, Er, Rent An Apartment The review copy of Street Smarts: Beyond the Diploma is apparently a leftover from a graduating class of a business college. It has [...] John Bear \ Jul 14, 2011 Read More
Creepy Crawlies: Author Amy Stewart On The Lifestyles Of The Gross And Deadly Author Amy Stewart On The Lifestyles Of The Gross And Deadly [sub]Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects[/sub] Amy Stewart(Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill •Hardcover • $18.95) Summer Olsson \ Jul 14, 2011 Read More
Book Review: Thoughts Without Cigarettes, New Memoir By Oscar Hijuelos Pulitzer Winner Writes Sadness-Soaked Memoir Oscar Hijuelos is known primarily for his novel Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love , with which he became the first Latino author [...] John Bear \ Jun 30, 2011 Read More
Book Review: Jessica Hagedorn's Toxicology Inconclusive An Inconclusive Report On The Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous It is peculiar that Jessica Hagedorn's fourth novel, Toxicology , is preceded by epigraphs about Lorca's idea of the duende —an enigmatic Spanish [...] Sam Adams \ May 05, 2011 Read More
Interview: Albuquerque Sci-Fi Author Ej Morgan On Fictionalizing Philip K. Dick Local Writer Summons Philip K. Dick In Novel [sub] A Kindred Spirit signing with ej Morgan [/sub] Saturday, March 19, 2 to 4 p.m. Title Wave Books1408 Eubank NEMore information at [...] John Bear \ Mar 17, 2011 Read More ej Morgan
Book Review: Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead By Neil Strauss Rolling Stone Writer Compiles Greatest Hits (And Misses) Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead is not only a mostly true statement (it worked for Michael Jackson, maybe not as much for [...] John Bear \ Mar 03, 2011 Read More
Alligators And The Floridians Who Love Them: A Book Review By Sam Adams Karen Russell's Debut Novel Illuminates Carnies, Nature And Innocence Lost Ava Bigtree is a third-generation "equestrian of Mesozoic lizards"—an alligator wrestler, if you speak mainlander. She lives with her eccentric circus family on [...] Sam Adams \ Feb 24, 2011 Read More
Book Review: When Animals Fight Back—The Hidden History Of Animal Resistance They Don’t Wanna Be Your Beasts Of Burden Are captive animals consciously revolting?An alcoholic circus trainer with a bull-hook spears a disobedient elephant. The elephant gets pissed, digs his tusks into [...] Sam Adams \ Feb 03, 2011 Read More Owing Mr. Elephant and Mr. Lion money is a bad (Lucas Hussack)
Book Review: The Ozark Noir Of Miss Me When I’m Gone Seedy Charm Will Only Get You So Far Miss Me When I'm Gone is like a friend from another state who won't shut up about his old buddies. He's a nice [...] John Bear \ Jan 27, 2011 Read More
