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Justin DimosPopMatters Features EditorAbout Justin Dimos Features
Foxified Culture: Incurable Optimist Michael J. FoxHow can I start an honest discussion about what Fox has meant to me? How can I pull him apart from my 28 years of experience in this world? [22 September 2009] To Kill the Sunflower: An Interview with Cory McAbeeSpace is a lonely town, but there's only room for one song-and-dance sheriff in these parts, and his name is Cory McAbee, writer and director of the new space-western musical Stingray Sam. [8 April 2009] Beautiful Agony: The New NakedErotica website Beautiful Agony continues to revolutionize how both men and women approach sex and intimacy by revealing individual facial expressions of real, vulnerable human beings orgasming. [27 February 2009] Hearts in Exile: An Interview with H2D Founder Chuck WarnerHyped to Death founder Chuck Warner chats about the seductive siren song of obscure '80s post-punk and underground no-wave that sold maybe 500 albums or 250 singles or even ten tapes before fading into musical oblivion. [19 January 2009] Let the Buyer Beware: Bookstore Caveat Emptor Will Not Go Quietly Into That Good NightThirty-seven years and still going: Justin Dimos dissects Bloomington's historical secondhand bookstore. [9 July 2008] Stranded in the Middle of Nowhere: One Adolescent’s Experience of Gregg ArakiRecently popularized for the success of Mysterious Skin (2006), filmmaker Gregg Araki has exposed the Gen Y-er longing for tenderness in a world drowned in pop culture and violence to movies such as Nowhere, the personal savior of the 26-year-old Justin Dimos. [13 June 2008] Reviews
We Did Porn by Zak SmithUnfortunately, as readers will find out, there are no excuses in porn, short of a plane crash on your way to another movie. [22 July 2009] 
A Short History of Women by Kate WalbertThis masterfully crosses continents and timelines, weaving together a genealogical tapestry that chronicles five generations of women. [12 June 2009] 
How Sex Works by Sharon MoalemMoalem writes about intercourse and sexuality in a candid, inviting way for a change, bridging the gap between the scientist and the layperson, reinvigorating the learning process (and the bedroom) once again. [21 May 2009] 
Sunny Side Down by Lev YilmazImage existentialists collaborating about the birth of a cartoonist, his adolescence, and his fruitless journey to rationalize his mediocre life. [29 April 2009] 
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells TowerThis debut story collection paralyzes with its unflinching take on remorse and the future's uncertainty, with stories as believable and as haunting as the epigraphs chiseled into tombstones. [6 April 2009] 
Couch by Benjamin ParzybokAn admirable attempt to rationalize magic within our modern computer geek era. [12 January 2009] 
Zombie Movies by Glenn KayFilm buff Glenn Kay traces the thrilling Hollywood rise, fall, and resurrection of the undead from the grave to the big screen. [31 October 2008] 
Ask a Ninja Presents The Ninja HandbookProceed with caution, dear reader. Even this book review may be lethal to those with heart conditions or other congenital diseases. [23 October 2008] 
New Stories from the South 2008: The Year’s BestFlannery O'Conner's hauntingly gothic South meets the modern American search for meaning in yet another superb edition of this series. [23 September 2008] 
The Indie Band Survival Guide by Chertkow & FeehanYet another music biz book that confuses the DIY tradition by promising buckaroos and pop sensation status. [12 September 2008] 
Stargate: ContinuumGot Goa'uld? System Lords fussing with the timeline? Call SG-1 for all your pesky evil villain extractions and temporal needs! [26 August 2008] 
Stargate: The Ark of TruthNot since Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling has a single account been so influential to our modern theological crisis of faith. [13 August 2008] 
Later, at the Bar by Rebecca BarryReminiscent of Hemingway and Carver, Barry's authentic sentences never waste a single word, nor sugarcoat the harsh experience of rural relationships. [4 August 2008] 
Jenny * the Jaws of LifeReader Beware: Willett's collection may induce uncontrollable laughter followed by serious bouts of petrifying and inescapable doom. [18 July 2008] 
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by Joanne ProulxProulx's characters devolve into lifeless suburbanites who play out their mechanical, predictable existences with all the stilted dialogue and stereotypical reactions of crash test dummies. [17 June 2008] 
The Man Who Turned Into Himself by David AmbroseAmbrose hypnotizes readers with his sheer, unflinching ability to capture the confusion, betrayal, and regret that must be present in every possible world. [6 May 2008] 
Paperback Apocalypse by Robert M. PriceWhen God gives you lemons, find another God. [11 April 2008] 
Arkansas by John BrandonFriends help you move, but good friends help you move bodies. [24 March 2008] |
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