The Street: Hard Hitting
There’s absolutely nothing glamorous or sexy about documenting homelessness, and that’s the point of B.J. Lacasse’s new book, The Street: A Journey into Homelessness.
The...
Gringos’ Delight
Like a pocket-sized tour guide, Peter Szok’s Restaurantes rumba y más: A Gringo’s Guide to Latino Fort Worth challenges residents and visitors alike to...
Voluminous
University of Houston law professor and anti-death penalty crusader David Dow made a big noise in 2010 with his first book, The Autobiography of...
Benny and the Bad Boys
Doug J. Swanson’s new book is laugh-out-loud funny — odd, since it’s about a semi-illiterate gangster who left a trail of dead bodies from...
Who Framed The Duke?
Political conspiracy theories in America have been around since the colonists fought loony old King George III for independence. Although both the conservative and...
Larger than Life
Willie Nelson has been my hero since I was a teenager.
Throughout the 1970s, I went to about two dozen concerts, bought countless albums, and...
Buzzkill: Up, Up, and Away
There have been as many takes on the superhero genre as there are members of the X-Men. The artform has been deconstructed, reconstructed, and...
Bonnie and Clyde Anew
If Arthur Penn's 1967 crime thriller Bonnie and Clyde strikes you as flimsy and overstylized despite its hallowed place in American pop cinema, wait...
Rooting for Roots
What an odd book — fascinating at times yet frustrating in its lack of organization and purpose.
The title, True to the Roots: Americana...
Black Dawn Fades
At a time when vampires have become their own little entertainment industry, paranormal creators have to work hard to distinguish their work from all...
