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As its subtitle indicates, this blog stemmed from feeling wholly alien in an area that is a bulwark of conservative ideology. Imagine my surprise to find that one of the most radical political novels I’ve read in years comes from Sheldon, Iowa, some 70 miles away. Mike Palecek’s Looking for Bigfoot is a no-holds-barred onslaught […] A confession first. I am not a poetry fan. I don’t know why, but it is something I never got into. My preferred “form” of the art is songwriting. Most of my favorite songwriters are generally called “topical,” meaning they’re writing about what they see is happening in the world. That’s probably part of the […] It seems as if books on the Beatles will never end. Tony Bramwell’s Magical Mystery Tours is the latest “insider” view of the band. Of course, when a John Lennon lyric sheet is selling for $1 million, the market is evidently there. Bramwell grew up in Liverpool with Harrison, Lennon and McCartney. He was their […] Dave Zirin’s What’s My Name, Fool? explores the mixture of two of America’s favorite pastimes — politics and sports — from the left side of the political spectrum. Zirin takes insightful looks at Muhammad Alie, the man who exemplifies athletes speaking out, and one of the most memorable of all political statements in sports, John […] Strictly by coincidence, the conflict between the state Department of Revenue and various churches over the state’s use tax hit the news as I was reading God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law. Written by Marci Hamilton, a professor at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, the book focuses on a somewhat […] |
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