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Thursday, July 9 2009

The Peep Diaries by Hal Niedzviecki

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.

British Animation by Clare Kitson

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

Sound Targets by Jonathan Pieslak

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.

Border Songs by Jim Lynch

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

K Blows Top by Peter Carlson

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.

Do Not Deny Me by Jean Thompson

By Connie Ogle

Thompson’s clear-eyed, thought-provoking stories highlight rare, precious moments of grace.

Monday, July 6 2009

Welcome to Oakland by Eric Miles Williamson

By Diane Leach

Prepare yourself: reading this is liking drinking Everclear with a chaser of Drano.

London’s Burning by Dave Thompson

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.

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Monday, July 6 2009

Thriller, Nevermore: Michael Jackson’s Tell-Tale Obsession with Edgar Allan Poe

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

Aleksandar Hemon

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

Bumming Smokes in Paris and London: George Orwell’s Obsession with Tobacco

By Josh Indar

Cigarette smoke so permeates George Orwell’s stories it almost leaves stains on one’s fingers when reading his books.

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Tuesday, July 7 2009

Truth Against Truth: The Work of Adrian Tomine

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

Snagged by Bishop—Hook, Line & Sinker

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

Augusten Burroughs: The View Through a Saltine Cracker

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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Thursday, July 9 2009

Graphically Speaking: Local #3: the last 10 lonely days…

Wednesday, July 8 2009

Graphically Speaking: Walking Dead #2: zombie security

Tuesday, July 7 2009

Re:Print: Sherman Alexie: Diaries and Indians

Graphically Speaking: Alias #2: alone again

Monday, July 6 2009

Re:Print: Redemption of a Jerk

Graphically Speaking: Swamp Thing #53: monster love vs. the city

Monday, June 29 2009

Re:Print: A Quick Critique of Feminist Critique of Things Fall Apart

Friday, June 26 2009

Graphically Speaking: Fantastic Four #60: ‘Inside Out’: It Was Never About the Costumes

Thursday, June 25 2009

Graphically Speaking: The Authority: Relentless: ‘Shiftships’: I Can Do This

Re:Print: I Have Fun in Brooklyn #4 (exclusive author blog from Mike Edison)

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Monday, July 6 2009

For author Richard Lawrence Miller, it’s all Abe all the time

Friday, June 26 2009

A guide to books you should read before the movies hit theaters this year

Wednesday, June 24 2009

Inventor of instant noodles helped author confront ‘infidelity and betrayal’

Joseph O’Neill: Bowled over by the fantastic

Friday, June 19 2009

Fast chat with ‘food evangelist’ Michael Pollan