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- Fate and Desire at Naptime
Tom Perrotta's Little Children
BY JOHN JAMES
- Man, Superman & Policeman
The comic-noir of Powers
BY LEONARD PIERCE
- Thought into Action: Lawrence Goodwyn on Democratic Movements
Democratic movements are surprisingly rare in history, since the vast level of organization and open lines of communication that must be built for real democratic action to occur are daunting.
BY HAYDEN CHILDS
- Interview: Paul Lussier
“I had no idea what it truly
meant to take the perspective of the working man, the common woman,
the black, the native American Indian, the fey, feminized aide de
camp to George Washington — what it really meant to bring
these people to the story of the American Revolution.”
BY ROBERT BIRNBAUM
- Sex and Death in Four Colors
Pulp Art: Vamps, Villains and Victors From the Robert Lesser Collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
by Chris Hall
- He Kills Coppers by Jake Arnott
If Jake Arnott is indeed as much a British doppelganger of James Ellroy as critical consensus would seem to indicate, then he's hopefully on the same career path as Ellroy - and that means we'll be seeing better and better work out of him as time passes.
by Leonard Pierce
- Short Reviews
Sophie by Guy Burt and Ready, Steady, Go! by Shawn Levy.
by Gus Sheridan
- Infomercials For Myself
“That’s when it struck me, when the totality of his slouch, his stomach, his sitcom-Zapata ‘stache and his predilection for chemicals all came together and caromed the medicine ball of epiphany off my forehead. “Wait... are you Lester Bangs?’”
by William Ham
- The Adman Magritte
Magritte as Cartoonist and Shill
by Chris Lanier
- McSweetie's
“The Believer, the latest product from the McSweeney's
literary fun factory, is a square-shaped “monthly magazine,” handsome and idiosyncratic in its design, like everything that Dave Eggers has a hand in.”
by Phil Nugent
- Obsessives Unite!: Lethem Reviewed
“Look, I don’t really want to write a review of Jonathan Lethem’s novels. I want to hang out with the guy.”
by Hayden Childs
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