Zines! Volume I
author: Vale, V. Can you believe I'd never read this book? When it comes to zines, I'm pretty heavily a primary sources kind of a girl, but prepping for a talk that required me to know a little about...
View ArticleIron Duke
author: Tunis, John R. Bull, Johan (illustrations) This is an old favorite, that I ILL'd partially for Eric's benefit because it's about a runner. It's 1930s young adult sports fiction. Our...
View ArticleDuke Decides, the
author: Tunis, John R. Jim Wellington, aka "The Duke" of Waterloo and Harvard goes to the Berlin Olympics to run the 1500 meter. I used to love this book, and now I don't know why. The Duke is a...
View ArticleShadows Still Remain
author: De Jonge, Peter I read this dude-penned book because my dad recommended it and because the next book in the series includes an encounter with Jennifer Miller, a favorite performer of mine and...
View ArticleZines! Volume II
author: Vale, V. This second set of conversations between RE/Search publisher V. Vale and zine creators is a deft continuation of the first one. He gets a decent variety of zinesters, young to...
View ArticleMary Ann in Autumn
author: Maupin, Armistead When we first meet Mary Ann Singleton in Tales of the City, she's just moved to San Francisco from Ohio. She is naive and a bit of a ninny. There are eight TofC books, and...
View ArticleBook of Cats
author: Steadman, Ralph The Ralph Steadman of illustrations evoking a the drug-saturated and otherwise seriously fucked up mind of Hunter S. Thompson has published a book of cat drawings. I bought it...
View ArticleOn the Ground: an Illustrated History of the Sixties Underground Press in the...
author: Stewart, Sean I probably shouldn't take full credit for reading this one. Basically I looked at the pictures and read only the stuff from the 3 women (vs. 22 men) with interviews in this oral...
View ArticleBuried on Avenue B
author: De Jonge, Peter It's weird when a book takes place in a neighborhood you know incredibly well, but is in a universe you've heard about but don't recognize, populated by alcoholic, bigoted...
View ArticleDiverse Energies
author: Bucknell, Tobias S. Monti, Joe Bucknell and Monti collect mixed-race themed science fiction/dystopic stories, some of which also feature queer characters. Sounds good, right? reviewdate: Aug 2...
View ArticleGeorgia the Cat: a Memoir of Time Spent with My Cat Friend
author: Carlough, Joe Mellen (illustrations) reviewdate: May 1 2015read more
View ArticleWoman in the Movie Star Dress, the
author: Asthana, Praveen reviewdate: May 8 2015isn: 9780692367445 read more
View ArticleBlack Man in a White Coat: a Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine
author: Tweedy, Damon Quotations: I came to appreciate how the medical system itself is sometimes just as sick as its patients.reviewdate: Jun 7 2015isn: 9781250044631 read more
View ArticleProtest on the Page: Essays on Print and the Culture of Dissent Since 1865
author: Baughman, James L. Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer Danky, James P. reviewdate: May 17 2015isn: 978-0-299-30284-9 read more
View ArticleStories I Only Tell My Friends
author: Lowe, Rob reviewdate: Aug 10 2015isn: 9781429996020 read more
View ArticleBetween the World and Me
author: Coates, Ta-Nehisi reviewdate: Sep 25 2015isn: 9780679645986 read more
View ArticleFelines of New York: a Glimpse into the Lives of New York's Feline Inhabitants
author: Tews, Jim reviewdate: Dec 24 2015isn: 9781501125836 read more
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