A superhero shuffles through the seedy streets of Baltimore.
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Some Thoughts on Autobiography
The autobiographer as egoist
Read More »Book Review: On Whitman by C. K. Williams
Prize-winning poet explains Walt Whitman to the general reader
Read More »Manga Review: Deadman Wonderland Volume Two by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou
More violent action in this dystopian prison manga.
Read More »Book Review: Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life by Shelley Carson, Ph.D.
The world’s greatest creations all have their beginnings in a three-pound object: The human brain.
Read More »Book Review: One-Dimensional Woman by Nina Power
Entirely justifiable criticism of what is being presented to us today as "feminism".
Read More »Book Review: Ablutions by Patrick deWitt
Debut novel looks at the seamier side of L.A. bar scene
Read More »Book Review: Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks and Good Food by Jeff Potter
Give a geek a spatula and he’s in technology overload.
Read More »Make Your Own Eat, Pray, Love Journey
Discover yourself in Italy, India and Bali, and a contest to make your own "Eat, Pray, Love" journey.
Read More »Book Review: Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas
Scarlett Thomas ponders immorality, simulated universes, and the "storyless story" in her latest novel.
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