PopMatters: Re:PrintThe PopMatters Books Blog2009-11-22T14:07:56ZCopyright (c) 2009, PopMatters.comExpressionEnginetag:popmatters.com-reprint,2009:11:20Woe Is Everyonetag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1160682009-11-17T21:00:00Z2009-11-17T21:00:00ZRachel BalikPatricia O'Connor's timeless grammar book, Woe Is I, is as important for the highly literate as it for those who ain't got a clue. ]]>Once-Venerable L.A. Times Borrows From PopMatterstag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1161862009-11-12T22:35:45Z2009-11-12T22:35:45ZRodger JacobsIt is certainly no secret that I am a frequent correspondent with and major journalistic supporter of veteran screenwriter and novelist Rudy Wurlitzer, as any close reader of my Deconstruction... ]]>The Oz Man's Fine New Christmas Storytag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1151812009-10-27T17:00:31Z2009-10-27T17:00:31ZChristopher GuerinThe Gargoyletag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1147932009-10-19T16:00:14Z2009-10-19T16:00:14ZLara KillianThe Gargoyle is a brutal story about a man terribly disfigured in a car crash, burned to an almost unrecognizable crisp following an alcohol and cocaine binge. Incongruously, it's also about... ]]>Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminismtag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1129402009-10-17T01:00:07Z2009-10-17T01:00:07ZKatharine WrayGirldrive: Criss-crossing America, Redefining Feminism, while traveling the... ]]>The E-book Pirate Ship Sets Sailtag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1130582009-10-13T14:00:39Z2009-10-13T14:00:39ZRachel BalikWhite Noise in the Kitchen Supplies Aisletag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1126572009-10-09T21:45:49Z2009-10-09T21:45:49ZRodger JacobsUglier Than a Monkey's Armpittag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1123842009-10-07T14:46:47Z2009-10-07T14:46:47ZLara Killian'Bending Towards the Sun' and Why Blacks & Jews Must Pray Togethertag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1121482009-10-05T07:05:20Z2009-10-05T07:05:20ZDiepiriye KukuLessons Learned From Banned Bookstag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1125402009-10-03T00:38:00Z2009-10-03T00:38:00ZNikki TranterThe Power of Kindess: "Shop A Little Bit Richer"tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1124562009-10-01T04:16:35Z2009-10-01T04:16:35ZRachel BalikWake in Fright all over againtag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1122392009-09-28T13:41:46Z2009-09-28T13:41:46ZNikki TranterGrant felt himself exposed in no man’s land. There was no avenue of retreat and the enemy was invisible and unassailable. His supports had been dissipated, his arms were lost. He could not... ]]>Revisiting Roughnecktag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1121962009-09-27T12:53:17Z2009-09-27T12:53:17ZJustin M. NortonRoughneck (Knopf, originally published in 1954), the second volume of noir author Jim Thompson’s autobiography. I first found an old Mysterious Press copy... ]]>Viva Las Vegastag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1117872009-09-22T09:40:51Z2009-09-22T09:40:51ZRodger JacobsLas Vegas can be a scary place to live, sort of like Bakersfield except with continuous sunshine and slot machines in every corner market.
William Anderson, chief economist for the state of... ]]>Lovesong by Elizabeth Jolleytag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1118462009-09-21T10:20:29Z2009-09-21T10:20:29ZDeanne SoleLovesong when it came to me, somewhere around page 90, that this book was reminding me of a movie, something... ]]>Nine Booze-Soaked Bookstag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1117052009-09-17T21:37:00Z2009-09-17T21:37:00ZRodger JacobsThe Lost Weekend, Malcolm Lowry’s harrowing Under the Volcano, or essentially anything written by Charles... ]]>James Patterson Learns His Fate: Chained to a Typewritertag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1112552009-09-14T05:33:49Z2009-09-14T05:33:49ZRodger JacobsStalked by Zhivagotag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1113362009-09-10T18:57:50Z2009-09-10T18:57:50ZLara KillianBaseball and the Zen of Ian McEwantag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1110852009-09-08T15:00:58Z2009-09-08T15:00:58ZRodger JacobsObsession, Hope and Glory: Percy Fawcett’s Excellent Adventuretag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1110152009-09-04T12:05:51Z2009-09-04T12:05:51ZSean MurphyDominic Dunne on Dominick Dunnetag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1108272009-08-31T13:46:13Z2009-08-31T13:46:13ZNikki TranterThe Australian by his... ]]>Bible Readings for the Home Circletag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1105422009-08-27T20:30:15Z2009-08-27T20:30:15ZDeanne SoleThe Knox Brothers so that I could buy a scuffed hardback called... ]]>Ian Colford's Evidencetag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1101472009-08-20T00:09:45Z2009-08-20T00:09:45ZLara KillianMaster’s Degree in Metaltag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1094012009-08-12T11:47:53Z2009-08-12T11:47:53ZJustin M. NortonDecibel Magazine, covering everything in extreme metal, started publishing in 2004. The magazine has thrived at a time when other music magazines have dwindled or closed thanks largely to... ]]>Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising with Charactertag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1095912009-08-11T15:45:34Z2009-08-11T15:45:34ZEmily F. PopekAd Boy is little more than a scrapbook, albeit a bright, shiny and reasonably well-organized one. This collection of images, depicting characters dreamed up to shill for everything from spark... ]]>Tony Hillerman: People of Darknesstag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1090072009-08-07T12:15:49Z2009-08-07T12:15:49ZSarah BoslaughPeople of Darkness, is one of the enduring characters of mystery fiction. He embodies the... ]]>The Animal Bridegroomtag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1092762009-08-03T13:54:17Z2009-08-03T13:54:17ZLara KillianThe... ]]>Girl, Interrupted (Again) by Susana Kaysen: A Contemporary Outlooktag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1091302009-07-30T13:15:30Z2009-07-30T13:15:30ZOmar Kholeif The Other Fantetag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/reprint/33.1088412009-07-28T16:40:50Z2009-07-28T16:40:50ZJustin M. Norton