Book Review: Iowa Punks Come Of Age In The House Of Tomorrow Corn-Belt Misfits Come Of Age It should be no surprise that the two isolated, hormone-addled Iowa adolescents in The House of Tomorrow —by first-time novelist Peter Bognanni—love their [...] John Bear \ Jan 20, 2011 Read More
Book Review: Steve Martin Is Funny Even When He’s Kind Of Serious Steve Martin Confronts The Ugly Side Of Beauty Steve Martin is a guy who wears many ha ts. He’s a comedian, actor, banjo player, juggler, tap dancer, novelist, playwright—a Renaissance man.Though [...] John Bear \ Dec 16, 2010 Read More
Book Review: The Turquoise Ledge—Leslie Marmon Silko Comes Confusing Silko Gets Spacey In New Memoir Leslie Marmon Silko's The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir begins with speed-walking and rock-hounding out in the desert.Cool, I thought, I can dig on [...] John Bear \ Dec 09, 2010 Read More
Raped: Memories Of A Catholic School Boy An Albuquerque Man’s Terrifying Experience With A Pedophile Priest Violence is a popular theme in American media, be it news, film or literature. Scores of people routinely die in PG-13 movies. Sexual [...] John Bear \ Dec 02, 2010 Read More Co-Author Dennis Domrzalski
Book Review: Oliver Sacks’ The Mind’s Eye Explores When Brains Go Bad I’m Already Pretending I Have Most Of These Diseases The human brain is a 3-pound lump of fat and blood vessels that contains all of a person’s hopes, dreams, fears, obsessive thoughts [...] John Bear \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More The character Raleigh St. Clair (fanpop.com)
Hats And The Serial Killers Who Love Them The True Story Of A Guy Who Liked Rabbit-Fur Hats And Killing People The French seem to possess a uniquely close relationship with death—probably because they eat unpasteurized cheeses. A serial killer from their ranks would [...] John Bear \ Oct 28, 2010 Read More
Bears Prefer Moose Guts But You’ll Do. Also, How To Not Get Eaten By A Cougar [sub]Slim Randles[/sub]Saturday, Nov. 67 p.m.Bookworks4022 Rio Grande NWbkwrks.com John Bear \ Oct 07, 2010 Read More
Book Profile: Alex Heard Goes Back In Time To Re-Examine An Infamous Court Case Alex Heard Goes Back In Time To Re-Examine An Infamous Court Case Alex HeardReading and booksigningSunday, Aug. 1, 3 p.m.Bookworks4022 Rio Grande NWbkwrks.com/event/heard Patricia Sauthoff \ Jul 29, 2010 Read More
Rock Reads: The Big Takeover Turns 30 The Big Takeover Turns 30 For 30 years, Jack Rabid has been our most passionate, intelligent and informed music writer bar none. Others have been more gonzo (Lester [...] Captain America \ Jul 22, 2010 Read More The cover of the current issue of The Big Takeover features Spoon (which visits Albuquerque in October).
Poetry Review: Sasha Pimentel Chacón’s Insides She Swallowed The center concern of poet Sasha Pimentel Chacón's Insides She Swallowed is one of hunger. The debut collection, released this week by Albuquerque's [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More Sasha Pimentel Chacón