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7.5 stars and a picked-scab reference for “Tongue & Groove”
Coldfront, an online poetry magazine, gives Stephen Cramer’s Tongue & Groove 7.5 stars. “Imagine a man in the subway who removes his shirt and starts picking a scab. Would you […]
maxboxing.com reviews “Sweet William”
Though quibbling a bit with Andrew O’Toole’s portrayal of the Joe Louis-Billy Conn rematch (was it fixed?), maxboxing.com recommends Sweet William: The Life of Billy Conn. “O’Toole recounts Conn’s rise […]
Poetry reviews Illinois poetry
The March 2008 issue of Poetry includes a rave review (scroll to the bottom) of Sandra McPherson’s Expectation Days. “This book is a knockout. Sandra McPherson is fully aware of […]
Feminist Review reviews “Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign”
The Feminist Review blog recently reviewed Katherine Adams and Michael Keene’s new book Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign. “Unlike other, better-known figures of the women’s suffrage movement in this country […]
The Nashville Scene reviews “Air Castle of the South”
One of Craig Havighurst’s hometown weeklies, the Nashville Scene, reviews his new book Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City. “Air Castle of the South pulls […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education features “Holy Dogs and Asses”
Nina Ayoub’s February 22nd Nota Bene column in The Chronicle of Higher Education features Laura Hobgood-Oster’s Holy Dogs and Asses: Animals in the Christian Tradition. “While the Bible includes exemplary […]
“Red Chicago” reviewed in the Chicago Tribune
Randi Storch’s recent book Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35 was reviewed by Ron Grossman in the February 16th edition of the Chicago Tribune. “[Storch’s] book engagingly […]
Slim Windows goes on a blind date
Slim Windows goes on a Blind Date. “I’m reading it slowly because it seems to be a book which was written for me. I want to savour every moment of it.” […]
Classical-Drone on John Cage
Classical-Drone recommends John Cage, David Nicholls’s new title in our American Composers series. “Barely 100 pages in length, Nicholls provides a high-level overview, and in the process he is able […]
Inside Higher Ed features “Women for President”
Scott McLemee, writing in Inside Higher Ed about Erika Falk’s new book Women for President: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns, opines, “It seems like a book that Clinton’s staff would […]
Feminist Review reviews “Black Feminism in Contemporary Drama”
The Feminist Review blog just launched a review of Lisa M. Anderson’s new book Black Feminism in Contemporary Drama. “Anderson’s slender book is a great start—a lucid and powerful argument about the […]