The Essential Ellen Willis

by | Jun 10, 2014 | Book Reviews

A pioneer woman in the field of rock and roll journalism (and late 20th century cultural criticism at large), Ellen Willis receives deserved compendium treatment, collecting her wry musings on Janis Joplin, Lou Reed, child-rearing, daytime talk shows, and defining...

Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson

by | Jun 10, 2014 | Uncategorized

Robogenesis A NovelWritten by Daniel H. WilsonHardcover, 384 pages | Doubleday | Fiction – Science Fiction; Fiction – Thrillers; Fiction – Technological | $26.95 | June 10, 2014 | 978-0-385-53709-4 (0-385-53709-3)The stunningly creative, epic sequel...

Tolstoy Reborn

by | Jun 10, 2014 | Book Reviews

June 10: On this day in 1881, Count Leo Tolstoy donned his peasant coat and homemade bark shoes, gathered his walking staff and two bodyguards, and set out from his estate for the Optina Pustyn monastery.

With My Dog Eyes

by | Jun 9, 2014 | Book Reviews

Hilda Hilst may be the Donna Tartt of Brazil, and this may be her answer to The Secret History. Published in America for the first time, this 1986 novel centers on a professor whose unorthodox teaching methods get him in hot water, and off on an odyssey of sex, drugs,...