The Walking-Away World
Editor’s Pick: Lust For Justice: The Radical Life & Law of J. Tony Serra THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW. Cory Doctorow. PM Press. As part of their “Outspoken Authors” series, … Continue reading
On the Other Side of the Diamond: San Francisco Giants Strike Out Against Cancer
They are the words that conjure a universal fear: you have cancer. Every year, tens of thousands of people across the globe hear these words from their doctors and their lives … Continue reading
The Wide Open Eyes of the World
Chronicles: Bob Dylan Digests Himself The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia & An Interview With Michael Gray Suze Rotolo On Dylan Music Writer Kathleen Mackay Blood Idioms: the Art of Johnny Cash … Continue reading
Poetry From Whitman To Ginsberg
THE LETTERS OF ALLEN GINSBERG. Allen Ginsberg and Bill Morgan. Da Capo Press. Most of us know that Allen Ginsberg was a brilliant poet with a searching mind and deft … Continue reading
Eye On Audio
All reviews written by Editor John Aiello unless otherwise noted. Books on tape are the only literature some folks know. Urban commuters, busy mothers whose days are filled with kids … Continue reading
The Giants Strike Back Against Violence
In San Francisco, the Giants are about much more than baseball. In addition to being one of the most storied teams in the National League (home to Mays, McCovey, Marichal … Continue reading
Yet Another Question of Brutality
In mid-May (2007), Esther Hwang, a model and soon-to-be lawyer from San Francisco, was celebrating the end of her law school curriculum with a friend in North Beach when she was accosted by two San … Continue reading
Transgressions & Internal Bleeding
TRANSGRESSIONS. Edited by Ed McBain. Forge Books. In Transgressions, a collection of ten novellas written by some of today’s most acclaimed suspense novelists (and edited by noted mystery writer Ed McBain, … Continue reading
Eye On Audio
All reviews written by Editor John Aiello unless otherwise noted. Books on tape are the only literature some folks know. Urban commuters, busy mothers whose days are filled with kids … Continue reading