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Articles tagged "fiction"Books ReviewThe Humbling by Philip Rothby Christopher Guerin[10.Nov.09] :. Simon Axler, a stage and screen actor of near legendary stature, has earned the “reputation as the last of the best of the classical American stage actors.” The novel begins: “He’d lost his magic.”  Books FeatureNicholson Baker’s Enthusiasms and Passionate Obsessionsby Christopher Guerin[4.Nov.09] :. Nicholson Baker writes from his enthusiasms, which are many and ever changing. Among other things, his books have focused on sex, John Updike, public libraries, and pacifism and World War II. His latest, The Anthologist, is his love letter to poetry. Books ReviewHomer and Langley by E. L. Doctorowby Christopher Guerin[22.Oct.09] :. In this book, E. L. Doctorow is like a great magician trying to make a monumental illusion out of a street corner shell game, just to prove that he can. Books ReviewNocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguroby Christopher Guerin[15.Oct.09] :. Kazuo Ishiguro’s first collection of short fiction, though more grounded in everyday experience than his recent novels, is tinged with his sense of the strange and sad, and, new for him, the humorous.  PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007 FeatureThe Best Metal Albums of 2007by Adrien Begrand and Andrew Blackie[17.Dec.07] :. This is the best year for metal music we've seen in a very long time. Like other watershed years, such as 1983, 1984, and 1991, it's partially a case of artists peaking at the same time, and 2007 was no exception, unleashing a wave of superb releases from January straight through November. PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007  Music ReviewDark Tranquility: Fictionby Andrew Blackie[31.Jul.07] :. Fiction contains, without question, some of the best death metal out there, no less than we've come to expect from these long-serving veterans. Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarconby Blanca Torres [Contra Costa Times (MCT)][11.Apr.07] :. Loss, love and chance figure into Lost City Radio, the first novel from acclaimed short-story writer Daniel Alarcon. Yve Adam: Fictionby Andy ArgyrakisYve Adam is the talented acoustic duo that trades off vocals and instrument playing on their debut. The two musicians have a lot of experience under their belt as former members of Mollies Revenge.... |
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