The Misread City

ANYONE who knows my music taste will consider me and unlikely chronicler of michael jackson. and indeed, for my money, there's not much ...

I DON'T think there's a book i've given as a gift more often than "a history of the world in 6 glasses," a brisk and d...

AT this point, most enthusiasts of the graphic novel / literary comics know the work of adrian tomine, who i first encountered in his "...

EXCITEMENT has burned across many email accounts since the band WILCO posted a streaming link to its new album, entitled just plain "wi...

ALMOST exactly two years ago i was walking through Book Expo America in ny with the galley for denis johnson's then-new "tree of sm...

OFTEN, i wonder aloud how it is that certain authors -- john updike and donald westlake are two recently deceased masters who come to mind -...

DON'T know how i missed it, but friday was the 50th birthday of one of the key figures in british rock post-clash:  stephen  patrick mor...