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October 31, 2008
Nonfiction
The Half-Life of an American Essayist by Arthur Krystal
Home: Social Essays by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka)
Public Phenomena by Temporary Services (Half Letter Press)
The End of My Addiction by Olivier Ameisen, MD
My Little Red Book edited by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun by Wafaa Bilal and Kari Lydersen
Unjust Deserts: How the Rich are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back by Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly
The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA by Mark Schultz
Everything but the Squeal: Eating the Whole Hog in Northern Spain by John Barlow
Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China by James Fallows
Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life by Brian Raftery
Strength and Compassion: Photographs and Essays by Eric Greitens
Walter White: The Dilemma of Black Identity in America by Thomas Dyja
Me as Her Again: True Stories of an Armenian Daughter by Nancy Agabian
The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity by Heather Levi
Our Longest Days: A People's History of the Second World War edited by Sandra Koa Wing
More from Our Own Correspondent edited by Tony Grant
The Glen Rock Book of the Dead by Marion Winik
Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W Bush by Peter W Rodman
The Oxford American Book of Great Music Writing edited by Marc Smirnoff
The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons, and Growing Up Strange by Mark Barrowcliffe
Evolution: The First Four Billion Years edited by Michael Ruse and Joseph Travis
Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic by Elizabeth Little
Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out by Gordon Thompson
Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill by Riki Ott
Posted by Jessa Crispin at 03:39 PM
Fiction
Crossing the Hudson by Peter Stephan Jungk
The Prudent Mariner by Leslie Walker Williams
The Hungered One by Ed Bullins
The Accordionist's Son by Bernardo Atxaga
Night Work by Thomas Glavinic
The Illusion of Return by Samir El-Youssef
The Possession by Annie Ernaux
The Journey by H G Adler
Year of the Dog by Henry Chang
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg
Farewell, Shanghai by Angel Wagenstein
The Child by Sarah Schulman
Life is Short but Wide by J California Cooper
Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation by Martin Millar
Shot by Both Sides by Meisei Goto
One Night Stands and Lost Weekends by Lawrence Block
I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass
The Turtle Catcher by Nicole Helget
Pandora in the Congo by Albert Sanchez Pinol
Everything Asian by Sung J Woo
Mariana by Monica Dickens
Driftless by David Rhodes
Rock Island Line by David Rhodes
Pictures at an Exhibition by Sara Houghteling
Salmonella Men on Planet Porno by Yasutaka Tsutsui
French Stories translated by Helen Constantine
A Nest of Ninnies by John Ashbery and James Schuyler
Monument by Patrick Blennerhassett
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower
The Paris Enigma by Pablo de Santis
Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six after the Collapse of the USA by Brian Francis Slattery
The Blade of the Courtesans by Keiichiro Ryu
People of the Thunder by W Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Posted by Jessa Crispin at 03:27 PM
Graphic Novels
Punk Rock and Trailer Parks by Derf (Slave Labor)
The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home (Marvel)
Into the Volcano by Don Wood (Blue Sky Press)
Tamara Drewe by Posy Simmonds (Mariner)
Northlanders: Book One, Sven the Returned by Brian Wood and Davide Gianfelice (Vertigo)
The United States Constitution by Jonathan Hennessey and Aaron McConnell (Hill and Wang)
The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher
Gasoline by Dame Darcy (Merrell)
The Idler's Glossary by Joshua Glenn and Mark Kingwell (Biblioasis)
The Night of Your Life by Jesse Reklaw (Dark Horse)
Posted by Jessa Crispin at 03:14 PM
October 30, 2008
Poetry
Eavan Boland: A Critical Companion edited by Jody Allen Randolph (W W Norton)
World Ball Notebook by Sesshu Foster (City Lights)
Yellowrocket by Todd Boss (W W Norton)
Neurotica by Elva Maxine Beach (New Belleville Press)
Beasts for the Chase by Monica Ferrell (Sarabande)
The Bride Minaret by Heather Derr-Smith (Akron)
Present Vanishing by Dick Allen (Sarabande)
Please by Jericho Brown (New Issues)
The Hour of Doubt by Catherine Hawcroft (WWR)
Cadaver Dogs by Rebecca Loudon (No Tell)
The New North: Contemporary Poetry from Northern Ireland edited by Chris Agee
New Exercises 08 by Franck Andrew Jamme (Wave)
The Roswell Poems by Rane Arroyo (Word Farm)
Other Latitudes by Brian Brodeur (Akron)
Posted by Jessa Crispin at 10:17 AM
October 28, 2008
Nonfiction
The Secret of the Great Pyramid by Bob Brier and Jean-Pierre Houdin
The Reel Truth: Everything You Didn't Know You Need to Know About Making an Independent Film by Reed Martin
Our Life in Gardens by Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid by Frank B Wilderson, III
Wounded Warriors: Those for Whom the War Never Ends by Mike Sager
The Book of Dead Philosophers by Simon Critchley
Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799-1914 by Robert Gildea
Alex and Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence -- and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene M Pepperberg
Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Literature of Pedestrianism by Geoff Nicholson
Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting by Kitty Burns Florey
A History of Women in the World: Volume 3: Infernos and Paradises: The Triumph of Capitalism in the 19th Century by Marilyn French
A History of Women in the World: Volume 4: Revolutions and the Struggles for Justice in the 20th Century by Marilyn French
American Rifle: A Biography by Alexander Rose
The Allure of Chanel by Paul Morand
Christine: A Memoir by Christine Spittel Wilson
The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals by Peter Heller
A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness by NHK-TV Tokaimura Criticality Accident Crew
Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books by Margaret Willes
Roads to Quoz by William Least Heat-Moon
Joseph Conrad (Brief Lives) by Gavin Griffiths
Jane Austen (Brief Lives) by Fiona Stafford
Honore de Balzac (Brief Lives) by David Carter
The Irish Americans: A History by Jay P Dolan
Promised Land: 13 Books that Changed America by Jay Parini
The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in US History by Tyler Gray
Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature edited by Julia Mickenberg and Philip Nel
Posted by Jessa Crispin at 07:30 PM
Fiction
Changing by Lily Hoang
Our People: Stories by Ian MacMillan
The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow by Pal H Christiansen
The Sin Eaters by Andrew Beahrs
The Confessions of Noa Weber by Gail Hareven
American Short Fiction, Summer/Fall 2008
In the Meantime by Robin Lippincott
The Local News by Miriam Gershow
Wedding Gifts and Other Presents by Asitha Ameresekere
Their Dogs Came With Them by Helena Maria Viramontes
Sonata for Miriam by Linda Olsson
Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee: 44 Stories by James Tate
Tranquility by Attila Bartis
The Great Weaver from Kashmir by Halldor Laxness
The Miller's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer
Canvey Island by James Runcie
Winnie and Wolf by A N Wilson
Souls of Wind by John Olson
Drawn from Life by Jonathan Strong
Shunned by Arthur L Ford
Twenty Thousand Saints by Fflur Dafydd
The Untogether by Jeb Loy Nichols
The Tale by Joseph Conrad
The Vendetta by Honore de Balzac
Twelve Below Zero by Anthony Bukoski
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction edited by Joyce Carol Oates
The Blue Manuscript by Sabiha Al Khemir
Posted by Jessa Crispin at 03:00 PM
October 07, 2008
Poetry
Ghost Alphabet by Al Maginnes (White Pine Press)
To Lose & To Pretend by Chris O Cook (Brooklyn Arts Press)
Taking the Occasion by Daniel Brown (Ivan R Dee)
Begin Anywhere by Frank Giampietro (Alice James Books)
Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within by Kim Addonizio (WW Norton)
The Veiled Suite: The Collected Poems by Agha Shahid Ali (WW Norton)
The Heaven-Sent Leaf by Katy Lederer (BOA)
The Moon Makes Its Own Plea by Wendy Mnookin (BOA)
The House of Your Dream: An International Collection of Prose Poetry edited by Robert Alexander and Dennis Maloney (White Pine Press)
Facing High Water by John Brandi (White Pine Press)
Low Rent, Issue 2
A Dreamer's Guide to Cities and Streams by Joan Gelfand (San Francisco Bay Press Publishing)
After Dayton by CS Carrier (Four Way Books)
Second Things by Daniel Tobin (Four Way Books)
Orphan Fire by Alissa Valles (Four Way Books)
Posted by Jessa Crispin at 01:58 PM
October 06, 2008
Nonfiction
Re-Inventing Gravity: A Physicist Goes Beyond Einstein by John W Moffat
AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India
Hurt Yourself: In Executive Pursuit of Action, Danger, and a Decent-Looking Pair of Swim Trunks by Harry Hurt III
The 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress by Cheryl R Ganz
Dirty Secrets, Dirty War: The Exile of Editor Robert J. Cox by David Cox
Crosscurrents North: Alaskans on the Environment edited by Marybeth Holleman and Anne Coray
Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object by Kathleen Rooney
Intersex: For Lack of a Better Word by Thea Hillman
You'll Like This Film Because You're In It: The Be Kind Rewind Protocol by Michel Gondry
Hal Hartley: True Fiction Pictures and Possible Films by Kenneth Kaleta
Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey
Fred Astaire by Joseph Epstein
Finding Beauty in a Broken World by Terry Tempest Williams
Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee by Bee Wilson
A World of Letters: Yale University Press, 1908-2008 by Nicholas A Basbanes
Reborn: Journals and Notebooks 1947-1963 by Susan Sontag
Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love by Debra Gwartney
Red: Teenage Girls in America Write on What Fires Up Their Lives Today by Amy Goldwasser
Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples by Shirley Hazzard
Patty's Got a Gun: Patricia Hearst in 1970s America by William Graebner
Casanova: Actor, Lover, Priest, Spy by Ian Kelly
My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire by Michelle Goodman
Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners by Laura Claridge
The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder edited by Robin G Wilder and Jackson R Bryer
The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir by Patricia Harman
Posted by Jessa Crispin at 01:55 AM
Fiction
Final Judgment by Eliot Asinof
The Darker Mask: Heroes from the Shadows edited by Gary Phillips and Christopher Chambers
Bonsai by Alejandro Zambra
The Pathseeker by Imre Kertesz
The Illusion of Return by Samir El-Youssef
By Chance by Martin Corrick
Fight Scenes by Greg Bottoms
The Bitter Taste of Time by Bea Gonzalez
Invite by Glen Pourciau
The Tragedy of MacBeth, Part II: The Seed of Banquo by Noah Lukeman
Train Wreck Girl by Sean Carswell
Sicilian Tragedee by Ottavio Cappellani
La Medusa by Vanessa Place
The Ghost of Neil Diamond by David Milnes
I Smile Back by Amy Koppelman
Sleepwalking in Daylight by Elizabeth Flock
The Rose Variations by Marisha Chamberlain
The Seance by John Harwood
The Love Song of Monkey by Michael S A Graziano
The End of the Straight and Narrow by David McGlynn
Chicago by Alaa Al Aswany
The Blue Manuscript by Sabiha al Khemir
The Sylph by Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Child of All Nations by Irmgard Keun
The Unpossessed City by Jon Fasman
Disquiet by Julia Leigh
Leaving Tangier by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Ghost Radio by Leopoldo Gout
Water Dogs by Lewis Robinson
The Siege by Ismail Kadare
Pets by Bragi Olafsson
To Siberia by Per Petterson
Hurting Distance by Sophie Hannah
Lowboy by John Wray
The Way Through Doors by Jesse Ball
The Common Bond by Donigan Merritt
Livability: Stories by Jon Raymond
Posted by Jessa Crispin at 01:45 AM