Breaking It Down: Who Will be DC’s Iconic Gay Super Hero?
Homosexuality in comic books has been little more than a slighting joke in the past. From cracks about tight underwear…
So I Married An Axe Murderer: Weirdly Beloved, Reviewed
Cynthia Ceilán gives Cupid the shaft, and goes in search of unconventional love in Weirdly Beloved: Tales of Strange Bedfellows,…
My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare
Jess Winfield can boast of having written top-quality material that is teeming with bad behavior and totally inappropriate for children.…
A Young Lion in Our Midst: Ron Currie, Jr. Talks to the Owl
Listen: When Ron Currie, Jr. awoke from troubled dreams one morning, he found that he had been transformed in his…
Apocalypse Then: Armageddon In Retrospect, Reviewed
The main feature of Armageddon in Retrospect is a series of twelve previously unpublished pieces on the subjects of war…
Truly Mortifying: A Book Review Double Feature
Weird out your coffee table (and possibly your guests) with this collection of strange, sad, funny, or just plain messed-up…
Terribly Good (and Terrible): The Somnambulist, Reviewed
"Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It is a lurid piece of nonsense... I doubt you'll believe…
City Strife: Review of Bright Lights, Big Ass
Bright Lights, Big Ass is a memoir of Jen Lancaster’s experiences as a writer in the city; or more precisely,…
Revenge Served Hot: The Meaning of Night, Reviewed
Recent successes such as The Sopranos and Dexter illustrate that a protagonist doesn’t have to be just or admirable to…
Must-Read Pick 2007: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah was twelve years old when war invaded and abruptly ended his childhood in Sierra Leone. For four years…