William Wells Brown: Clotel & Other Writings

by | Mar 18, 2014 | Book Reviews

Born into slavery and freed to become a force for justice, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) conjured up Clotel, the first novel attributed to an African-American writer.  Alongside his nonfiction, the book speaks to questions about race and equality that still...

Rock She Wrote

by | Mar 18, 2014 | Book Reviews

Where is the female Lester Bangs or Greil Marcus?  Right here, in the pages of an electric collection assembled by editors Evelyn McDonnell and Ann Powers, who’ve pillaged the pages of pop music journals from the 1960s to the present in search of the best...

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

by | Mar 18, 2014 | Uncategorized

Raising Steam Written by Terry PratchettHardcover, 384 pages | Doubleday | Fiction – Fantasy – Epic; Fiction – Humorous; Fiction | $26.95 | March 18, 2014 | 978-0-385-53826-8 (0-385-53826-X)A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSteam is rising over...