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The Bomb by Howard Zinn
Reviewed by Laura Roberts As someone who has cultivated an anti-authoritarian reading list since the end of high school (or beginning of college, depending upon your viewpoint), I was eager to read Howard Zinn’s final contribution to the annals of modern history, The Bomb, published
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Henry and Glenn Forever by Igloo Tornado
reviewed by shim henry & glenn forever is a cute little comic book about the very over-the-top homosexual relations between one henry rollins and a certain glenn danzig, written by a strange and big-balled portland
D*U*C*K by Poppy Z. Brite
An easily devoured read, D*U*C*K by cult author Poppy Z. Brite leaves readers wanting more. First things first, while this is just one book in a series Brite dubs her “Liquorverse,” dealing with characters Rickey and G-man throughout novels from The
No Hope for Gomez! by Graham Parke
Graham Parke’s novel, No Hope For Gomez!, is an unusual read, and we’d expect nothing less from the 2008 winner of Broken Pencil’s Indie Deathmatch writing competition (his short story, “Amsterdam at Midnight”
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
If I ever take it upon myself to do something insane like spending another 30 grand to get an MFA in Creative Writing, I’d want Lorrie Moore to be my thesis advisor and writing mentor. Ever since I first read her short story “How
Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux
Read mainly during a stint scoring Hawaii Math at one of the country’s top education testing facilities, Paul Theroux’s Hotel Honolulu provided a nice counterpoint to the terribly misguided papers I was reading for 8 hours a day. I
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
I hate reading bestsellers. Maybe this is a stupid prejudice, or maybe it proves what a snob I am, but in general, I’ve found that I’m more often disappointed when I read a book that supposedly “everyone” loves. My
