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Category Archives: Rat’s Notebook

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

April 1, 2013 · Leave a comment

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

April 1, 2013 · Leave a comment

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

March 1, 2009 · Leave a comment

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

March 1, 2009 · Leave a comment

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

May 1, 2008 · Leave a comment

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

September 1, 2007 · Leave a comment

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

July 9, 2007 · Leave a comment

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

June 1, 2005 · Leave a comment

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

June 1, 2005 · Leave a comment
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