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Zizek's Refusal

By Adam Kotsko, In These Times. May 8, 2006.
Media and Technology: Slavoj Zizek's new opus, 'The Parallax View,' offers an odd array of critiques on topics ranging from 'The Matrix' to sexual positions to anti-Semitism, with varying degrees of relevance.

The God Factor

By Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor. April 8, 2006.
Media and Technology: In a new book, a Christian journalist interviews celebrities, politicans, and other public figures about their spiritual beliefs.

The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight

By Michael Sandlin, PopMatters. April 3, 2006.
Media and Technology: A new book chronicles the far-reaching influence of the New Journalism movement.

The Untied States of America

By Jurriaan Kamp, Ode. March 23, 2006.
Author Juan Enriquez warns that the most fundamental myths that hold America together are in jeopardy.

Not Your Average Joe

By Jan Frel, AlterNet. March 17, 2006.
Media and Technology: Author Norah Vincent dressed up as a man to find out how men really behave in all-male environments. Surprise, surprise: They're nice guys.

The Eternal Summer Reading List

By Michelle Nijhuis, Jim Rossi, Denis Hayes, Grist.org. March 15, 2006.
Environment: Three new books put the spotlight on our warming world. Are they a sign that the world has begun to accept climate change?

We Are What We Buy

By Marjorie Kehe, Christian Science Monitor. March 11, 2006.
In the new book, 'Not Buying It,' one writer decides to forgo shopping and consumerism for a year -- and finds fulfillment in unexpected places.

Sex and the Septuagenarians

By Lakshmi Chaudhry, In These Times. March 9, 2006.
Media and Technology: Gail Sheehy's new book, about sex and the 'seasoned' woman, argues that older women should be free to have sex however -- and however much -- they want.

Trash and Treasures

By Patrick Schabe, PopMatters. March 6, 2006.
Gazing at the collected fragments of other people's litter, a writer finds a little bit of himself, and a lot of humanity, in the world of Found.

The Failure of the First Amendment

By Robert Jensen, AlterNet. March 1, 2006.
Rights and Liberties: A new book explains why the traditional idea of "free speech" is ill-equipped to deal with the latest threats to personal liberty.

Big Preachin'

By Jonathan L. Walton, PopMatters. February 28, 2006.
Media and Technology: The success of black mega-preacher TD Jakes shows how conservative, and high-tech, contemporary religion has become.

Lust and Desire: to Honor or Ignore?

By Jennifer Liss, WireTap. February 24, 2006.
WireTap: Review: A new anthology examines why and how people cheat on their loved ones, get caught, suffer and recover.

Of Crafts and Causes

By Phoebe Connelly, In These Times. February 23, 2006.
The DIY craft movement is back; is it a new form of consumption or a subversive political act?

More Than a Monster

By Adrienne So, AlterNet. February 22, 2006.
Media and Technology: A new book about Michael Jackson reminds us that, for better or for worse, he is a lot more complicated than his public persona.

It Should Break Your Heart to Kill

By Jennifer Liss, WireTap. February 13, 2006.
WireTap: Brian Turner, who was an infantry team leader in Iraq, recently reflected on the war-time experiences in his new book of poems.

An Interrupted Life

By Bill Gibron, PopMatters. February 11, 2006.
A new book by and about Spalding Gray, the peculiar writer and performer whose body washed up in the East River last year, raises questions it cannot answer.

Crashing the Gate

By Jules Siegel, Cafe Cancun. February 2, 2006.
The founders of the Daily Kos and MyDD blogs argue in their new book that Democrats aren't losing on the issues -- they're losing in the ground wars.

Country's Jingoistic Jingles

By Craig Aaron, In These Times. January 23, 2006.
You wouldn't know it from listening to today's radio, but country music wasn't always the soundtrack to the GOP.

Whose Fault Is Frey?

By John Dolan, AlterNet. January 17, 2006.
Media and Technology: Fans of disgraced author James Frey didn't value his writing -- they revered the moral of his story and his bad-boy bio that backed it up.

How Progressive Is the 'Pro-Growth Progressive'?

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. January 17, 2006.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: A card-carrying lefty reviews former Clinton advisor Gene Sperling's new book on what makes for 'progressive' economic policy.

Iran, Blogging Against the Regime

By Alex Alper, Laura Barcella, AlterNet. January 14, 2006.
Media and Technology: A new book showcases Iran's burgeoning blog world -- a vibrant 75,000-member community struggling for free expression in the face of a militant Islamic regime.

'Strapped' for Adulthood

By Jodie Janella Horn, PopMatters. January 3, 2006.
Media and Technology: A new book explores the societal and financial reasons that today's twenty- and thirtysomethings are finding it nearly impossible to stay afloat.

Confessions Of a Video Vixen

By Natalie Moore, Pop and Politics. December 7, 2005.
Media and Technology: Is an ex-groupie's memoir of her hip-hop days empowering for black youth -- or just delusional?

The World According to Dowd

By Katha Pollitt, The Nation. November 15, 2005.
Media and Technology: Does Maureen Dowd's new book promote, rather than report on, the problems she describes?

Dowd, Where's My Country?

By Sheerly Avni, AlterNet. November 14, 2005.
Media and Technology: In her new book, Maureen Dowd aims to explore the 'spectacle of gender in America.' But Dowd's America is like none that most of us have seen.

Copyrights and Wrongs

By Vince Carducci, PopMatters. November 5, 2005.
Two new books add grist to the intellectual property debate: the rights of ownership vs. the defense of free speech.

Growing Up in Jesus Land

By Jennifer Liss, WireTap. October 27, 2005.
WireTap: Julia Scheeres' new memoir is a riveting story of a 16-year-old girl and her adopted brothers growing up in Indiana with their violent father and religious mother.

Being and Jewishness

By Steve Horowitz, PopMatters. October 26, 2005.
In a new book on Jewish identity, 60 prominent Jews from all walks of life ponder their religion -- or lack thereof.

The Elusive Women's Vote

By Ruth Rosen, AlterNet. October 14, 2005.
A new book that tracks women's voting trends doesn't tell us enough about how women will vote in the next elections.

Echoes of Baghdad

By Megan Marz, In These Times. October 8, 2005.
Despite taking 20 years to arrive in the U.S., a new book by an Iraqi woman is timelier than ever.

Female Chauvinist Pigs

By Kara Jesella, Nerve.com. October 3, 2005.
Media and Technology: A new book looks at women's evolving sexual identities and argues that 'raunchy' and 'liberated' are not synonyms.

'Lolita' Hits Fifty

By Steve Almond, Nerve.com. September 21, 2005.
Media and Technology: To be overrun by feeling, yet able to marshal words with such precision -- this was Nabokov's knack. That he did so on behalf of a pervert makes the achievement that much greater.

Teaching 9/11

By Jon Wiener, The Nation. September 12, 2005.
Media and Technology: Assuming 9/11 is even on the curriculum, what you learn depends on the textbook you're assigned.

When Lost Is Found

By Mark Engler, In These Times. August 20, 2005.
A review of "A Field Guide to Getting Lost," by Rebecca Solnit.

The Myth of Marriage

By Monica Mehta, AlterNet. July 21, 2005.
A radical new book debunks the concept of marriage as a time-honored institution, and argues that we need to loosen up about it.

Brain Brew

By Brendan I. Koerner, Washington Monthly. July 5, 2005.
Media and Technology: How coffee fueled Voltaire's Candide, Newton's theory of gravity, and wrecked third-world economies.

Never Say 'Never Again'

By E.J. Graff, Columbia Journalism Review. July 1, 2005.
By reporting on the stubborn human heart's peculiar movements during major world events, Heda Kovaly’s 'Under A Cruel Star' explains what could happen the next time around.

Learning Curves

By Kara Jesella, Nerve.com. May 19, 2005.
Media and Technology: Our Bodies, Ourselves helped illustrate that women could march on Washington, fight the inadequacy of the health-care system, and still fantasize about being spanked.

Escape from 'Ecotopia'

By Pat Joseph, Grist.org. May 14, 2005.
Environment: Revisiting the 1970s eco-cult classic that gripped a nation.

R. Crumb in Heaven

By Brendan Bernhard, LA Weekly. May 12, 2005.
Media and Technology: The quick-witted and articulate curmudgeon is facing his golden years -- but he's still got a few tricks up his sleeve.

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