Books – Page 13

Tick-tick In the Drifting Dark: The Last Two Seconds by Mary Jo Bang

More than anything else, Mary Jo Bang’s newest volume of poetry – The Last Two Seconds from Graywolf Press – is concerned with time. Not chronological time, but… Read more “Tick-tick In the Drifting Dark: The Last Two Seconds by Mary Jo Bang”

Over half a century after her untimely death at age thirty-six Marilyn Monroe still captivates screen audiences and intrigues the curious. Who – and what – was… Read more “A Review Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events by Carl Rollyson”

If you crossed a Jane Austen novel with a Stephen King novel and cast Zooey Deschanel in the movie adaptation, you’d be close to imaginingGail Carriger‘s newest… Read more “Steampunk Manners: Prudence by Gail Carriger”

I own a lot of books, and I own a lot of movies. It would be hard to say which passion has owned more of me, but… Read more “Roger Ebert, Teacher”

To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness Of little leaves opening stickily. I… Read more “Yearly, Down this Hill: A Love Note to Edna St. Vincent Millay”

It would be hard to overstate the influence Bill Watterson’s work had on me when I was growing up. I was too young to read Calvin and Hobbes when… Read more “It’s a Magical World: Exploring Calvin and Hobbes”

One of the trademarks of legendary and influential rock band Sonic Youth during their nearly three decade run was alternative guitar tunings. The band’s various guitar players… Read more “Kill Yr. Idols: A Review of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band”

“When I retired from gender, it was because I came to the realization that the gender binary was what had been failing me all along. It’s hard… Read more “The Gender Retirement Home: Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote”

Binary Star, Sarah Gerard’s debut novel from Two Dollar Radio, is at times sharp and severe, at times as quiet as a whisper through teeth. Its narrator is… Read more “Shiver When It’s Warm: A Review of Binary Star by Sarah Gerard”

Friday afternoon is winding down as I write this. Ohio is slated for snow tomorrow; not enough to get Boston worked up, but enough to send kids running… Read more “On Building Shelves and a Life of Reading”