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Books
Friday, July 10 2009
By Chris Barsanti
The insights into desert nomad culture make the always present possibility of death almost pale in insignificance.
By Lara Killian
Is it a good thing to have a refrigerator full of produce we call “fresh” even after it has been sitting around in climate controlled storage for days or even weeks?
By Justin Brooks
This is a beautiful multimedia experience of music, photography and essays.
Thursday, July 9 2009
By Zachary Houle
Niedzviecki holds a party for his 700 Facebook followers, but is dismayed when only one person is willing to actually show up.
By Kieran Curran
Kitson offers an account of some of the stranger characters behind the scenes at Britain's "alternative" programming station, in all their weird glory.
Wednesday, July 8 2009
By Josh Indar
Pieslak fails to question why the fruits of American culture are so violent, and why working class kids like those who fight our wars are so enamored of it.
By Mary Ann Gwinn
A fable of innocence lost with one of the most remarkable characters created by a Northwest author in recent memory.
Tuesday, July 7 2009
By Rob Horning
Carlson effectively conjures the post-Stalin era of the Cold War and the inherent media absurdities revolving around Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Premier; the man who once promised to bury us all.
By Connie Ogle
Thompson’s clear-eyed, thought-provoking stories highlight rare, precious moments of grace.
Monday, July 6 2009
By Diane Leach
Prepare yourself: reading this is liking drinking Everclear with a chaser of Drano.
By Rachel Balik
Thompson writes of that singular year when punk when was really fresh, and only a select few, himself included, were on the scene when it was conceived.
more  Features
Monday, July 6 2009
By Matt Sullivan
Much has been made of Michael Jackson’s identification with the character of Peter Pan, but the late singer had another literary devotion that didn’t make it into his obituaries: He was an Edgar Allan Poe fanatic.
Tuesday, June 23 2009
By PopMatters Staff
“Hell,” Hemon tells PopMatters 20 Questions, “is being stuck at an airport without a book, starving for thought, forced to watch CNN.” Heaven might be a bathtub full of Turkish coffee …
Friday, June 19 2009
By Josh Indar
Cigarette smoke so permeates George Orwell’s stories it almost leaves stains on one’s fingers when reading his books.
Tuesday, July 7 2009
By Monte Williams
Tomine has a gift for capturing body language and facial expressions -- his characters often say more in a silent panel than most say with an entire word balloon.
(more Lowbrow Literati)
Wednesday, June 24 2009
By Chris Justice
Like the lakes we fish in, there are great treasures lurking in those depths, and great depth lurking in those treasures.
(more The Tackle Box)
Tuesday, June 23 2009
By Michael Antman
As a memoirist, Burroughs is highly skilled at the art of aestheticized self-pity.
(more Read Only Memory)
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