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Aug. 31, 2007 Books Review by Ken Lieck
Prime Time Suspect
The second book starring Barcelona Police Inspector Petra Delicado
Aug. 31, 2007 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg
The Great Man
Kate Christensen's fourth novel is reminiscent of that particular breed that can only be weaved and wielded by a true artisan
Aug. 17, 2007 Books Review by Sofia Resnick
Travels With Herodotus
The phenomenal Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski left behind a sticky legacy when he died earlier this year at the age of 74
Aug. 17, 2007 Books Review by Dan Oko
Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA
How Latinos variously enact the fiesta for 15-year-old girls both fascinates and repels Julia Alvarez
Aug. 3, 2007 Books Review by Belinda Acosta
Allah Is Not Obliged
In Ahmadou Kourouma's fourth and final novel, the 10-year-old narrator is forced into military service in Liberia
Aug. 3, 2007 Books Review by John H. Razook
'My Life in a Jugular Vein' and 'My Life In a Jugular Vein: Three More Years of Snakepit Comics'
New work from Joe Matt and Ben Snakepit
July 27, 2007 Books Review by Mark Fagan
How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time
In the early Nineties, for women and girls looking for an alternative to waxy, vanilla-scented teen mags, there was really one choice
July 6, 2007 Books Review by Audra Schroeder
Targeting Iran
These interviews catalog lost opportunities that could have brought Iran closer to America peacefully and headed off the rise of the reactionaries
July 6, 2007 Books Review by Richard Whittaker
The Virgin's Guide to Mexico
A rich runaway heads for Mexico City in former Michener fellow Eric B. Martin's third novel
June 22, 2007 Books Review by Dan Oko
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
Miranda July's people
June 22, 2007 Books Review by Shannon McCormick
Gun Shy
Austin novelist Ben Rehder writes about the Texas Hill Country with such insightful appreciation that he's come to own the territory
June 15, 2007 Books Review by Virginia B. Wood
After Dark
An unimaginative Murakami makes for a middling piece of work
June 8, 2007 Books Review by Jess Sauer
The Fugitive
An autobiography of injustice leads to a career in crime writing
June 8, 2007 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg
The Sister: A Novel of Emily Dickinson
"What if your sister were destined to become one of the greatest poets of all time?"
June 1, 2007 Books Review by Sofia Resnick
Alice in Sunderland
In this epic tale, writer/artist Bryan Talbot draws on centuries of European history and graphic storytelling
June 1, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw
John Graves, Writer
Thoreau, like many of the modern-day nature writers,
had a cause. Graves sees himself as a writer who chooses
a subject.
May 25, 2007 Books Review by Joe O'Connell
The McSweeney's Book of Poets Picking Poets
May 18, 2007 Books Review by Jess Sauer
Pornology: Noun – 1: A Good Girl's Guide to Porn; 2: The misadventures of the world's first anthroPORNologist; 3: A Hilarious Exploration of Men, Relationships, and Sex
May 18, 2007 Books Review by Terry Ornelas Woodroffe
When the Grey Beetles Took Over Baghdad
Writes Mona Yahia in her dedication, 'To my parents, who gave me languages instead of roots.'
May 11, 2007 Books Review by Rayyan Al-Shawaf
Need More Love: A Graphic Memoir
Before the outgrowth of women's confessional literature clogged the bookstore shelves and the blogosphere
May 4, 2007 Books Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The New Texas History Movies
Jack Jackson's final project is both a continuation of his acclaimed and realistic historical comics and a reinterpretation of a comic strip that inspired him as a boy
May 4, 2007 Books Review by Ryan Rutherford
Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers
An anthology offering remediation for those who believe that there is value to understanding other national perspectives and reading – if not always traveling – widely.
April 27, 2007 Books Review by Dan Oko
Ice
The first of Vladimir Sorokin's novels to be translated into English; the author will be at BookPeople on Saturday
April 27, 2007 Books Review by Shawn Badgley
The Unknown Terrorist
Flanagan deals with the interface of race and class in Australia using brutality the same way Tom Wolfe used humor in The Bonfire of the Vanities to deal with it in America
April 13, 2007 Books Review by Richard Whittaker
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
What do you do if you've invented a character who embodies the violent rejection of modern society, and that character becomes more popular than you ever dreamed he would?
April 13, 2007 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Poor People
It's a noble inquiry, which makes the potential pitfalls of the endeavor more palpable to class-conscious readers.
April 6, 2007 Books Review by Dan Oko
Flight
Flight begins with its protagonist, our narrator who calls himself "Zits," lamenting his tragic circumstances.
April 6, 2007 Books Review by John Razook
It Rhymes With Lust
Dark Horse reprints the unabridged classic
March 23, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw
Heart-Shaped Box
Better than Carrie?
