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I Love You Too
Reggae scion’s call and response
Reviewed by Raoul Hernandez, Music, Oct. 23, 2014
Perfidia
The first book in this new L.A. Quartet shows new depth, scope, and craftsmanship in James Ellroy's canon
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Arts, Oct. 23, 2014
The Zone of Interest
Martin Amis revisits the Holocaust in this new novel, which is eloquent and yet lacks depth
Reviewed by Amy Kamp, Arts, Oct. 23, 2014
Love Me Back
Merritt's Tierce's novel isn't for the faint of heart, but it tells of a young woman's survival with boldness and power
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Arts, Oct. 23, 2014
Love Is the Drug
It's a rare YA novel that combines entertainment and social commentary this gracefully
Reviewed by Amy Kamp, Arts, Oct. 16, 2014
The Truth About Alice
This tale of slut-shaming in a tiny Texas town is entertaining, but doesn't leave a lasting impact
Reviewed by Amy Kamp, Arts, Oct. 16, 2014
Wolf in White Van
Indie folksinger unwinds another fiction of tragic backstory.
Reviewed by Anna Toon, Music, Sep. 25, 2014
Failure and I Bury the Body
Raking up some of the season's poetry collections
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Arts, Sep. 18, 2014
99 Poems for the 99 Percent
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Arts, Sep. 18, 2014
Backmasking
Harold Whit Williams
Reviewed by Greg Beets, Arts, Sep. 18, 2014
Instant Winner
Carrie Fountain
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Arts, Sep. 18, 2014
I Wear the Black Hat
Klosterman's critique of villainy over the last 40 years offers some surprisingly sharp analyses
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Arts, Aug. 14, 2014
The Other Side
Memoir by Houston writer Lacy Johnson recounts a personal trauma with honesty and haunting beauty
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Arts, Jul. 24, 2014
Let Me See It
A collection of elegantly wrought stories that follow two cousins, both gay, coming of age during the 1980s AIDS crisis
Reviewed by Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, Arts, Jul. 10, 2014
Phantom Instinct
Meg Gardiner reignites our love for suspense novels in this murder mystery with plenty of plot twists and pacing that propels
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Arts, Jul. 3, 2014
Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker
This biography of the gambling, murdering Binion captures his wild character without trying to make him likable
Reviewed by Jesse Sublett, Arts, Jul. 3, 2014
Getting Life: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey From Prison to Peace
Michael Morton's firsthand account of his unjust conviction and hard-won exoneration is both insightful and infuriating
Reviewed by Jesse Sublett, Arts, Jul. 3, 2014
Inside Man
Jeff Abbott balances espionage and bartending tips in this tightly controlled roller coaster of a thriller
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Arts, Jul. 3, 2014
South, America
Rod Davis' New Orleans noir steeps the reader in Southern atmosphere, history, and violence
Reviewed by Michael King, Arts, Jul. 3, 2014
The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas
A stranger-than-fiction tale of forgiveness for an act of prejudicial violence in the wake of 9/11
Reviewed by Amy Kamp, Arts, Jul. 3, 2014
Cactus Burning: Austin, Texas and the Battle for the Iconic Cactus Cafe
A nasty business in toto
Reviewed by Kevin Curtin, Music, May. 29, 2014
The Jesus Lizard Book
Zeppelinesque hammer of the gods
Reviewed by Raoul Hernandez, Music, May. 29, 2014
Shakespeare's Songbook
Singing Shakespeare tunes around the campfire
Reviewed by Graham Reynolds, Music, May. 29, 2014
Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father, Duane
Duane's only daughter digs deep
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, May. 29, 2014
One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band
The whole epic saga between two covers
Reviewed by Doug Freeman, Music, May. 29, 2014
Kentucky Traveler: My Life in Music
Kentucky picker demures
Reviewed by Doug Freeman, Music, May. 29, 2014
Merle Haggard: The Running Kind
Okie from Muskogee still waiting for his alt.country crosser
Reviewed by Jay Trachtenberg, Music, May. 29, 2014
I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales
All too true tales of the music business
Reviewed by Greg Beets, Music, May. 29, 2014
Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman
Hello muddah, hello fadduh
Reviewed by Scott Schinder, Music, May. 29, 2014
A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton
Never a kind word for Big Star
Reviewed by Michael Toland, Music, May. 29, 2014
Elvis Died for Somebody's Sins but Not Mine: A Lifetime's Collected Writing
He died onstage, not on the page
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Music, May. 29, 2014
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot
Russian punk rock activists take on the Kremlin
Reviewed by Nina Hernandez, Music, May. 29, 2014
There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock & Roll
Once upon a time, writers used to be the tour documentarians
Reviewed by Abby Johnston, Music, May. 29, 2014
Exile in Guyville / My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Liz Phair broke a lot of strings – and Kanye, from bootstraps to bootlickers
Reviewed by Chase Hoffberger, Music, May. 29, 2014
The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club
Hooky follows up Joy Division with money-hemorrhaging Madchester club
Reviewed by Richard Whittaker, Music, May. 29, 2014
Huey "Piano" Smith and the Rocking Pneumonia Blues
Another own-worst-enemy musical genius
Reviewed by Ed Ward, Music, May. 29, 2014
Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns
The man wrote 'Hang On, Sloopy' for God's sake
Reviewed by Scott Schinder, Music, May. 29, 2014
The Smell of Death
Not your typical get-in-the-van account
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Music, May. 29, 2014
Monday, Monday
Elizabeth Crook's new novel charts the ripples radiating out from the Whitman shootings
Reviewed by Danielle White, Arts, May. 15, 2014
Out of Peel Tree
Laura Long's debut novel chronicles the tug-of-war between moving forward and staying the same in a small town
