Mary Karr is the unassuming master of the modern memoir. Her three offerings–1995’s The Liar’s Club, 2005’s Cherry, and 2009’s Lit–are adored by readers and were roundly praised by critics. Her… Read more “A Review of Mary Karr’s The Art of Memoir”
Category: NF Reviews
A Review of Mark Vanhoenacker’s Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
The most remarkable aspect of Mark Vanhoenacker’s fascinating new book Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot is not his lovely gift with words–that is merely what makes it… Read more “A Review of Mark Vanhoenacker’s Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot”
Pronounced guh-nah-dee
Very early in his 2013 booklet The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin’ Sad from Pioneers Press, Adam Gnade writes the following in a list about “navigating… Read more “Pronounced guh-nah-dee”
A Review of You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
I first became aware of Felicia Day (as did almost everyone else) shortly after she released The Guild on the internet in 2007 and became a geek celebrity. The… Read more “A Review of You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day”
A Review of Gay Directors, Gay Films? by Emanuel Levy
Film critic Emanuel Levy‘s new book Gay Directors , Gay Films? is an excellent examination of the work of five gay filmmakers–Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van… Read more “A Review of Gay Directors, Gay Films? by Emanuel Levy”
A Review of The Only Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper
Jessica Hopper feels music in her bones, in her blood, in the soles of her shoes and the tips of her fingers. This is one of the… Read more “A Review of The Only Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper”
A Review of Keepers by Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel’s Keepers: The Greatest Films–and Personal Favorites–of a Moviegoing Lifetime (Alfred A. Knopf, 2015) is a book a cinephile earns the right to write with a lifetime… Read more “A Review of Keepers by Richard Schickel”
A Review of The Horror of It All by Adam Rockoff
Adam Rockoff comes off as something of a cad in his newest book The Horror of It all: One Moviegoer’s Love Affair with Masked Maniacs, Frightened Virgins,… Read more “A Review of The Horror of It All by Adam Rockoff”
The Review of The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Early in Maggie Nelson’s thunderclap of a memoir The Argonauts the author quotes French philosopher Roland Barthes: “‘I love you’ is like ‘the Argonaut renewing his ship during… Read more “The Review of The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson”
Don’t You Forget: A Review of Kirk Honeycutt’s John Hughes: A Life in Film
No other filmmaker has ever better understood and better captured the experience of being a teenager in America than John Hughes. The teen films he made in the… Read more “Don’t You Forget: A Review of Kirk Honeycutt’s John Hughes: A Life in Film”
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