Books Aloud – May 2008

Books Aloud – May 2008

Literary works are slain and put on display for your pleasure. … read more

Books Aloud – April 2008

Books Aloud – April 2008

SLUG reviews some deep and meaningful literature. … read more

Books Aloud – March 2008

Books Aloud – March 2008

I Got Thunder, Punk 365 and more are reviewed for your intellectual wants and needs. … read more

Books Aloud – February 2008

Books Aloud – February 2008
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Acta Est, In The Desert of Desire and more are reviewed. … read more

Books Aloud! – January 2008

Books Aloud! – January 2008

Punk House, Crooked Little Vein and more are reviewed. … read more

Review: Beauty Talk & Monsters

Review: Beauty Talk & Monsters
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Beauty Talk & Monsters Masha Tupitsyn Semiotext(e) Native Agents Street: 05.25 Tupitsyn is no one’s fool when it comes to combining–in a po-mo blend of memoirs, astute observations witty one-liners, her life and love of her city. She combs the streets through the mitigating lens of the movies, and doesn’t question the visual dominance of

Review: Millions of Women are Waiting to Meet You

Review: Millions of Women are Waiting to Meet You
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When freelance journalist Sean Thomas (who’s pushing 40 and still single) is asked by an editor of a men’s magazine to do a cover story about online dating, he was reluctant. Hell, I don’t blame him. … read more

Review: New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye

Review: New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye
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The radical idealism of punk rock is all well and good when you’re a kid , but when you’ve suddenly got bills and rent, it’s pretty hard to smash the state. Ronen Kauffman is the kind of guy that gives me hope. … read more

Review: I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody

Review: I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody
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I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody Sinan Antoon City Lights Publishers Street: 06.15 I’jaam, a fictional manuscript, transports the reader back to Saddam’s Iraq. The narrator of the story is a young college student who despises his country’s government and is eventually taken into custody by them. His time spent in Iraqi prison is a horrifying one.