Library Journal articles from October 2007, page 5

Library Journal archives from October 2007

Bennett, Ronan. Zugzwang.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Bennett, Ronan. Zugzwang. Bloomsbury, dist. by Holtzbrinck. Nov. 2007. c.288p, illus. ISBN 978-1-59691-253-3. $24.95. F Claiming a patch of Boris Akunin's literary territory, prerevolutionary Russia, British novelist Bennett (The...

Bock, Charles. Beautiful Children.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Bock, Charles. Beautiful Children. Random. Jan. 2008. c.432p. ISBN 978-1-4000-6650-6. $24.95. F With blunt and sometimes uncomfortable descriptions of abuse and squalor, this debut novel addresses the harrowing issue of this country's...

Caldwell, Joseph. The Pig Did it.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Caldwell, Joseph. The Pig Did it. Delphinium. Jan. 2008. c.195p. ISBN 978-1-8832-8529-6. $22.95. F An out-of-control pig starts the spirited plot rolling in this sixth novel from Caldwell. After several failed love affairs, Aaron...

Coetzee, J.M. Diary of a Bad Year.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Coetzee, J.M. Diary of a Bad Year. Viking. Jan. 2008. ISBN 978-0-670-01875-8. $24.95. F Senor C, an aging and ailing writer in Australia, has been asked by his publisher to contribute political essays to a book called Strong Opinions....

Collins, James. Beginner's Greek.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Collins, James. Beginner's Greek. Little, Brown. Jan. 2008. c.448p. ISBN 978-0-316-02155-5. $23.99. F Peter Russell, an up-and-coming financial trader, is a romantic at heart. As he boards a transcontinental flight to Los Angeles, he is...

Winter, Leon de. Hoffman's Hunger.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... de Winter, Leon. Hoffman's Hunger. Toby. Nov. 2007. c.310p, tr. from Dutch by Arnold Pomerans & Erica Pomerans. ISBN 978-1-59264-211-3. pap. $14.95. F This literary thriller, the first of prize-winning Dutch novelist de Winter's books to...

Dixon, Stephen. Meyer.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Dixon, Stephen. Meyer. Melville House. 2007. c.350p. ISBN 978-1-933633-30-5. pap. $16.95. F Life's two great challenges are how to live and how to die. At 68, author/professor Meyer Ostrower is obsessed with both, particularly as they...

Durcan, Liam. Garcia's Heart.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Durcan, Liam. Garcia's Heart. Thomas Dunne Bks: St, Martin's. Nov. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-312-36708-4. $23.95. F Following his 2004 short story collection, A Short Journey by Car, Durcan's outstanding debut novel walks a taut line...

Edelman, Amy Holman. Manless in Montclair: How a Happily Married Woman Became a Widow Looking for Love in the Wilds of Suburbia.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Edelman, Amy Holman. Manless in Montclair: How a Happily Married Woman Became a Widow Looking for Love in the Wilds of Suburbia. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Nov. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-307-23695-1. $22. F WJF seeks D/WJM: Must love kids....

Erdogan, Asli. The City in Crimson Cloak.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Erdogan, Asli. The City in Crimson Cloak. Soft Skull. Oct. 2007. c.176p, tr. from Turkish by Amy Spangler. ISBN 978-1-933368-74-0. pap. $14.95. F Physicist-turned-novelist Erdogan debuts in English with a meandering yet heartfelt work...

Everett, Percival. The Water Cure.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Everett, Percival. The Water Cure. Graywolf. 2007. c.246p. ISBN 978-1-55597-476-3. $22. F As much about language as story, this experimental novel hangs on a thin thread of plot: when Ismael Kidder's 11-year-old daughter is brutally...

Follett, Ken. World without End.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Follett, Ken. World Without End. Dutton. Oct. 2007. c.992p. ISBN 978-0-525-95007-3.$35. F For nearly 18 years, Follett has been receiving pleas for a sequel to his most popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth. Finally, the wait is...

Gerber, Merrill Joan. The Victory Gardens of Brooklyn.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Gerber, Merrill Joan. The Victory Gardens of Brooklyn. Syracuse Univ. (Library of Modern Jewish Literature).Nov. 2007. c.406p. ISBN 978-0-8156-0892-9. $24.95. F A prequel to Gerber's award-winning The Kingdom of Brooklyn (1992), this...

Gloss, Molly. The Hearts of Horses.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Gloss, Molly. The Hearts of Horses. Houghton. Nov. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-618-79990-9. $24. F Martha Lessen is a young woman on the run, taking with her the three horses she loves. It is 1917. Looking for work in the dry-grass...

Herin, Miriam. Absolution.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Herin, Miriam. Absolution. Novello Festival, dist. by John F. Blair. Oct. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-9760963-9-9. $22.95. F Part murder mystery, part legal thriller, part reflection on the Vietnam War in light of current wars, this novel...

A book bag full of treats: Santa's coming to town with 17 holiday reads.(17 christmas and mystery fiction books)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Once again, our favorite authors have brought out a cornucopia of holiday delights. From new Christmas entries in several favorite series to a debut or two, there is something here for everyone's reading pleasure. Fans of urban street lit...

Hill, Lawrence. Someone Knows My Name.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Hill, Lawrence. Someone Knows My Name. Norton. Nov. 2007. c.512p. ISBN 978-0-393-06578-7. $24.95. F Around 1745, young Aminata Diallo is abducted from her West African home and sold into slavery in South Carolina. An observant and highly...

Hunt, Samantha. The Invention of Everything Else.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Hunt, Samantha. The Invention of Everything Else. Houghton. 2007. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-618-80112-1. $24. F Hunt (The Seas) delivers a breathtaking novel that is both difficult to classify and impossible to ignore. The year is 1943, and...

Ireland, Perrin. Chatter.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Ireland, Perrin. Chatter. Algonquin. Oct. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 978-1-56512-540-7. $23.95. F Having been married for 18 years, Bostonians Sarah and Michael have learned to adapt to each others' imperfections--namely, Sarah's persistent...

Kaufman, Millard. Bowl of Cherries.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Kaufman, Millard. Bowl of Cherries. McSweeney's. Oct. 2007. c.336p. ISBN 978-1-932416-83-1. $22. F Kaufman, cocreator of Mr. Magoo and two-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Take the High Ground! (1954) and Bad Day at Black Rock...

Kruger, Michael. The Executor: A Comedy of Letters.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Kruger, Michael. The Executor: A Comedy of Letters. Harcourt. Feb. 2008. c.192p, tr. from German by John Hargraves. ISBN 978-0-15-101268-8. $23. F This novel is comparable to Imre Kertesz's Liquidation as well as several of Kruger's...

Card, Orson Scott. A War of Gifts: An Ender Story.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Card, Orson Scott. A War of Gifts: An Ender Story. Tor. Nov. 2007. 128p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1282-2. $12.95 SF Can you celebrate Christmas and battle aliens at the same time? The author of the best-selling Ender series answers the question in...

Christmas Stories.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Christmas Stories. Knopf. (Everyman's Pocket Classics). Nov. 2007. 400p. ed. by Diana Secker Tesdell. ISBN 978-0-30726717-7. $15. F This anthology gathers short Christmas fiction by such masters as Nikolay Gogol ("The Night Before...

Michaels, Fern & others. Comfort and Joy.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Michaels, Fern & others. Comfort and Joy. Zebra: Kensington. Nov. 2007. 470p. ISBN 978-0-8217-8048-0. pap. $7.99. F This collection features holiday contributions from popular authors in women's fiction: Michaels, Marie Bostwick, Cathy...

Lee, Carol Ann. The Winter of the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Lee, Carol Ann. The Winter of the World. Perennial: HarperCollins. Oct. 2007. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-06-123881-9. pap. $13.95. F A London-bound funeral train passing through the rain-soaked English countryside is quietly observed by throngs...

Maloy, Kate. Every Last Cuckoo.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Maloy, Kate. Every Last Cuckoo. Algonquin. Jan. 2008. c.288p. ISBN 978-1-56512-541-4. $22.95. F This lovely tale depicts the surprises and changes that come about with aging. Upon the unexpected death of her husband, Sarah finds strength...

Nagai Kafu. Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Nagai Kafu. Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale. Columbia Univ. Oct. 2007. c.176p. tr. from Japanese by Stephen Snyder. ISBN 978-0-231-14118-5. $24.95. F Nagai's Udekurabe, translated as Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale, may not be as famous in the West as...

Nemirovsky, Irene. Fire in the Blood.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Nemirovsky, Irene. Fire in the Blood. Knopf. Oct. 2007. c.160p, tr. from French by Sandra Smith. ISBN 978-0-307-26748-1. $22. F If you loved the author's Suite Francaise--and how could you not?--you'll likewise take to this recently...

Nussbaum, Jay. A Monk Jumped Over a Wall.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Nussbaum, Jay. A Monk Jumped Over a Wall. Toby. Nov. 2007. c.356p. ISBN 978-1-59264-201-4. pap. $14.95. F We have an abundance of novels and memoirs about high-powered attorneys who find themselves questioning the life choices they've...

O'Brien, Patricia. Harriet and Isabella.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * O'Brien, Patricia. Harriet and Isabella. Touchstone: S. & S. Jan. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 978-1-4165-5220-8. $25. F As Henry Ward Beecher lies dying in 1887, his estranged sister, Isabella Hooker, comes to Brooklyn Heights for a final...

O'Nan, Stewart. Last Night at the Lobster.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * O'Nan, Stewart. Last Night at the Lobster. Viking. Nov. 2007. c.147p. ISBN 978-0-670-01827-7. $19.95. F O'Nan's tenth novel (after The Good Wife) demonstrates once again why the author is known as the "bard of the working class." It's...

Pastan, Rachel. Lady of the Snakes.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Pastan, Rachel. Lady of the Snakes. Harcourt. Jan. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-15-101369-2. $24. F Having it all--motherhood, a career, a loving husband, and good friends--is a goal for many women. That is certainly the case for Jane...

Pezzelli, Peter. Italian Lessons.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Pezzelli, Peter. Italian Lessons. Kensington. Oct. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-7582-2050-9. pap. $14. F Italian native Giancarlo Rosa, a professor of music at Rhode Island College, has been living in self-imposed exile for 30 years. A...

Phillips, Marie. Gods Behaving Badly.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Phillips, Marie. Gods Behaving Badly. Little, Brown. Dec. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-316-06762-1. $23.99. F The Olympian gods have fallen on hard times. Their power is fading, and as a result they have been living in a house in London for...

Ricardou, Jean. Place Names: A Brief Guide to Travels in the Book.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Ricardou, Jean. Place Names: A Brief Guide to Travels in the Book. Dalkey Archive. Nov. 2007. c.144p. tr. from French by Jordan Stump. ISBN 978-1-56478-478-0. pap. $12.50. F Is there inherent meaning in language, or, in assigning names to...

Rollins, David. The Death Trust.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Rollins, David. The Death Trust. Bantam. Oct. 2007. c.405p. ISBN 978-0-553-80534-5. $24. F Conspiracy aficionados are going to love Australian author Rollins's thriller, his third novel but the first to be released in the United...

Salvayre, Lydie. The Power of Flies.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Salvayre, Lydie. The Power of Flies. Dalkey Archive. Nov. 2007. c.200p. tr. from French by Jane Kuntz. ISBN 978-1-56478-420-9. pap. $12.95. F A Parisian museum tour guide descends into madness and murder, guided by the works of the...

Sellers-Garcia, Sylvia. When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Sellers-Garcia, Sylvia. When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Jan. 2008. c.336p. ISBN 978-1-59448-954-9. $24.95. F In her debut novel, Sellers-Garcia draws from her own experience as a transnational whose...

Talarigo, Jeff. The Ginseng Hunter.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Talarigo, Jeff. The Ginseng Hunter. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Apr. 2008. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-385-51739-3. $21.95. F Novelists who compose stories involving a culture different from their own normally bring to mind the expression...

Thewlis, David. The Late Hector Kipling.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Thewlis, David. The Late Hector Kipling. S. & S. Nov. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 978-1-4165-4121-9. $25. F Hector Kipling is a twit, and a twit in the throes of a mid-life meltdown is never pretty. After meeting a couple of mates and fellow...

Vincenzi, Penny. The Dilemma.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Vincenzi, Penny. The Dilemma. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2007. c.662p. ISBN 978-1-58567-949-2. $25.95. F Francesca had a successful career and a satisfactory marriage, but she gave it all up to become the third Mrs....

Wells, Ken. Crawfish Mountain.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Wells, Ken. Crawfish Mountain. Random. Oct. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-375-50876-9. $24.95. F Wells (Logan's Storm), a native of the Louisiana bayous, is a writer with a purpose, and although his purpose may be transparent, his message...

Wideman, John Edgar. Fanon.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Wideman, John Edgar. Fanon. Houghton. Feb. 2008. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-618-94263-3. $24. F This is a loosely constructed novel/meditation/rant/recollection framed around events in the life of French-born author and psychoanalyst Frantz...

Young, Sara. My Enemy's Cradle.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Young, Sara. My Enemy's Cradle. Harcourt. 2007. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-15-101537-5. $24. F One of the lesser-known aspects of the Nazi regime was the Lebensborn program, which promoted the expansion of the "master race" by encouraging German...

Aiko Kitahara. The Budding Tree: Six Stories of Love in Edo.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Aiko Kitahara. The Budding Tree: Six Stories of Love in Edo. Dalkey Archive. Jan. 2008. c.160p. tr. from Japanese by lan MacDonald. ISBN 978-1-56478-489-6. $21.95. F Originally published as Koiwasuregusa ("Love Forgetting Flower"), this...

Gordimer, Nadine. Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black and Other Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... * Gordimer, Nadine. Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black and Other Stories. Farrar. Dec. 2007. c.183p. ISBN 978-0-374-10982-0. $20. F In these tantalizing and provocative short stories, Nobel prize-winning South African writer Gordimer (The...

Kamoche, Ken N. A Fragile Hope.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Kamoche, Ken N. A Fragile Hope. Salt. Nov. 2007. c.122p. ISBN 978-1-84471-320-2. pap. $14.95. F Kenyan academic Kamoche, who teaches management in Hong Kong, presents his first book of short stories. A number of the stories are simple...

LaSalle, Peter. Tell Borges if You See Him: Tales of Contemporary Somnambulism.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... LaSalle, Peter. Tell Borges if You See Him: Tales of Contemporary Somnambulism. Univ. of Georgia. Oct. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8203-2998-7. $24.95. F LaSalle (creative writing, Univ. of Texas at Austin) adds another accolade to his career with...

Bendavid-Val, Leah (text) & Tolstoy, Sophia (photogs.). Song Without Words: The Photographs & Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Bendavid-Val, Leah (text) & Tolstoy, Sophia (photogs.). Song Without Words: The Photographs & Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy. National Geographic, dist. by Random. 2007. c.240p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-4262-0173-8. $35. PHOTOG Diaries...

Cohen, Mark. True Color.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Cohen, Mark. True Color. powerHouse. 2007. c.120p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-57687-372-4. $45. PHOTOG Lavishly illustrated with more than 100 strikingly original color photographs, this large-format monograph commissioned by the George Eastman...

Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage. Getty. 2007. c.384p. ed. by Anna A. Trofimova. illus. maps. bibliog. ISBN 978-0-89236-883-9. $65. DEC ARTS Ancient Greek art from the north coast of the Black Sea isn't well known...

Hayes, Richard W. The Yale Building Project: The First 40 Years.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Hayes, Richard W. The Yale Building Project: The First 40 Years. Yale Univ. 2007. c.272p. illus. ISBN 978-0-300-12316-6. pap. $45. ARCHITECTURE Dean Charles W. Moore started the Yale Building Project of the Yale University School of...

Kahler, Gert. von Gerkan, Marg und Partner: Buildings 1965-2006.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Kahler, Gert. von Gerkan, Marg und Partner: Buildings 1965-2006. Prestel. 2007. c.560p. photogs. ISBN 978-3-7913-3811-8. $99. ARCHITECTURE Best known for their comprehensive renovation of Berlin's central railway station and far less...

Kreamer, Christine Mullen & others. African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Kreamer, Christine Mullen & others. African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection. Prestel. 2007. c.240p. photogs. bibliog. ISBN 978-3-7913-3802-6. $65. DEC ARTS In 2005, one of the greatest private collections of...

Lambirth, Andrew. Roger Hilton: The Figured Language of Thought.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Lambirth, Andrew. Roger Hilton: The Figured Language of Thought. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2007. c.288p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-500-09334-4. $65. FINE ARTS Roger Hilton is today considered one of Britain's pioneer...

Lapidus, Alan. Everything by Design: My Life as an Architect.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Lapidus, Alan. Everything by Design: My Life as an Architect. St. Martin's. Oct. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-312-36166-2. $25.95. ARCHITECTURE Alan Lapidus is the son of Morris Lapidus, the mid-20th-century architect of Miami's famed...

Medieval & Renaissance Treasures from the V&A.(Victoria and Albert Museum )(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Medieval & Renaissance Treasures from the V&A. V&A, dist. by Abrams. 2007. 96p. ed. by Paul Williamson & Peta Motture. photogs. ISBN 978-1-85177-526-2. $27.50. FINE ARTS The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London has been...

Messier, Kim & Pat Messier. Hopi & Pueblo Tiles: An Illustrated History.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Messier, Kim & Pat Messier. Hopi & Pueblo Tiles: An Illustrated History. Rio Nuevo. 2007. 89p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-933855-04-2. pap. $14.95. FINE ARTS Hopi and Pueblo tiles are flat clay plaques that are shaped, painted, and fired...

Yount, Sylvia & others. Cecilia Beaux: American Figure Painter.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Yount, Sylvia & others. Cecilia Beaux: American Figure Painter. Univ. of California. 2007. c.195p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-520-25318-6. $45. FINE ARTS In his foreword to this catalog of an exhibition showing at Washington State's Tacoma...

Almond, Steve. (Not That You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Almond, Steve. (Not That You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions. Random. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 978-1-4000-6619-3. $21.95. LIT A digressive series of hysterical letters to Oprah Winfrey sets the familiar yet frenzied tone of this essay...

O'Keeffe Iin twos.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... O'Keeffe, Georgia (illus.) & Richard D. Marshall & others (text). Georgia O'Keeffe: Nature and Abstraction. Skira, dist. by Rizzoli. Oct. 2007. 192p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 978-88-6130-127-6. $45. FINE ARTS American artist O'Keeffe...

The American Idea: 150 Years of Writers and Thinkers Who Shaped Our History.(The American Idea: Best of the Atlantic Monthly: 150 Years of Writers and Thinkers Who Shaped Our History)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... The American Idea: 150 Years of Writers and Thinkers Who Shaped Our History. Doubleday. (Best of the Atlantic Monthly). Oct. 2007. c.688p. ed. by Robert Vare. index. ISBN 978-0-385-52108-6. $35. LIT The Atlantic Monthly observes its 150th...

Arab Women's Lives Retold: Exploring Identity Through Writing.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Arab Women's Lives Retold: Exploring Identity Through Writing. Syracuse Univ. Oct. 2007. c.256p. ed. by Nawar Al-Hassan Golley. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3122-4. $45; pap. ISBN 978-0-8156-3147-7. $22.95. LIT Positive...

Bloch-Dano, Evelyne. Madame Proust: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Bloch-Dano, Evelyne. Madame Proust: A Biography. Univ. of Chicago. 2007. c.256p. tr. from French by Alice Kaplan. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-226-05642-5. $27.50. LIT Serious readers of Marcel Proust are aware of how close the...

Michaelis, David. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Michaelis, David. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography. Harper: HarperCollins. Oct. 2007. c.688p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-06-621393-4. $34.95. LIT For more than 50 years, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang have entertained readers...

O'Siadhail, Micheal. Musics of Belonging: The Poetry of Micheal O'Siadhail.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... O'Siadhail, Micheal. Musics of Belonging: The Poetry of Micheal O'Siadhail. Carysfort Pr., dist. by Dufour. 2007. 247p. ed. by Marc Caball. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-904505-21-1. $89.95; pap. ISBN 978-1-904505-22-8, $44.95. LIT This...

Patton, Stacey. That Mean Old Yesterday.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Patton, Stacey. That Mean Old Yesterday. Atria: S. & S. 2007. c.321p. ISBN 978-0-7432-9310-5. $24. LIT Journalist Patton (African American & U.S. history, Montclair State Univ.) serves up a riveting tale of anguish and ultimate triumph...

Pollitt, Katha. Learning To Drive: And Other Life Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Pollitt, Katha. Learning To Drive: And Other Life Stories. Random. 2007. c.224p. ISBN 978-1-4000-6332-1. $22.95. LIT Pollitt (Virginity or Death!) is unconcerned with making friends: some of her comments, particularly on the subjects of...

Shakespeare in American Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Shakespeare in American Life. Univ. of Washington. 2007. 192p. ed. by Virgina Mason Vaughan & Alden T. Vaughan. illus. ISBN 978-0-295-98715-6. pap. $29.95. LIT This compilation of essays by nine prominent Shakespeare scholars includes a...

Williamson, Eric Miles. Oakland, Jack London, and Me.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Williamson, Eric Miles. Oakland, Jack London, and Me. Texas Review Pr. Oct. 2007. c.215p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-933896-11-3. pap. $24.95. LIT This stunning little book by Williamson, best known as a novelist (East Bay Grease;...

Basinger, Jeanine. The Star Machine.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Basinger, Jeanine. The Star Machine. Knopf. Oct. 2007. c.592p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-4000-4130-5. $35. FILM In Hollywood's heyday, studio bosses were on an endless quest to spot, groom, and pamper actors who could be molded...

Flinn, Caryl. Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Flinn, Caryl. Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman. Univ. of California. Nov. 2007. c.540p, photogs, filmog, index. discog. ISBN 978-0-520-22942-6. $34.95. Kellow, Brian. Ethel Merman: A Life. Viking. Nov. 2007. photogs, bibliog,...

Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music. Duke Univ. Nov. 2007. c.336p, ed. by Eric Weisbard. illus, index. ISBN 978-0-8223-4022-5. $79.95; pap. ISBN 978-0-8223-4041-6. $22.95. MUSIC This eclectic collection brought together by...

McArthur, Benjamin. The Man Who Was Rip Van Winkle: Joseph Jefferson and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... McArthur, Benjamin. The Man Who Was Rip Van Winkle: Joseph Jefferson and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre. Yale Univ. Oct. 2007. c.464p, illus, index. ISBN 978-0-300-12232-9. $45. THEATER American theater historian McArthur (history,...

Norman, Marc. What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Norman, Marc. What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting. Harmony: Crown. Oct. 2007. c.560p, photogs. bibliog. ISBN 978-0-307-38339-6. $27. FILM Which came first, the screenplay or the film? While the question itself may be...

Pennington, Jody W. The History of Sex in American Film.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Pennington, Judy W. The History of Sex in American Film. Praeger. Oct. 2007. 248p. photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-275-99226-2. $49.95. FILM This insightful, scholarly history of sex in American film reaches back into the early days...

Ross, Alex. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Ross, Alex. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century. Farrar. Oct. 2007. c.624p, illus, index. ISBN 978-0-374-24939-7. $30. MUSIC While there are numerous books on the subject of 20th-century music, this is the first to take...

Marinoff, Lou. The Middle Way: Finding Happiness in a World of Extremes.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Marinoff, Lou. The Middle Way: Finding Happiness in a World of Extremes. Sterling. 2007. c.608p, illus, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-1-4027-4344-3. $24.95. PHIL Best-selling author Marinoff (philosophy, CUNY; Plato, Not Prozac) thinks...

Brown, Nickole. Sister: Poems.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Brown, Nickole. Sister: Poems. Red Hen. 2007. ISBN 978-1-59709-089-6. pap. $18.95. POETRY Half of the enjoyment of a trip is traveling to the destination. In her debut collection, Brown weaves poetic phrases to take her readers on a...

Goffette, Guy. Charlestown Blues: Selected Poems.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Goffette, Guy. Charlestown Blues: Selected Poems. Univ. of Chicago. Oct. 2007. c.160p. tr. from French by Marilyn Hacker. ISBN 9780-226-30074-0. $26. POETRY Unlike many of his French contemporaries, Goffette's leanings are neither...

Killough, Ann. Beloved Idea.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Killough, Ann. Beloved Idea. Alice James. Nov. 2007. c.80p. ISBN 978-1-882295-65-4. pap. $14.95. POETRY In her debut collection, Killough offers an ambitious book-length meditative poem centered on the idea of nationhood as personified by...

Kinzie, Mary. California Sorrow.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Kinzie, Mary. California Sorrow. Knopf. 2007. c.104p. ISBN 978-0-307-26680-4. $25. POETRY Part of the inspiration for Kinzie's seventh collection comes from poets like Howard Nemerov, Wallace Stevens, and Randall Jarrell, who are quoted...

Kumin, Maxine. Still To Mow: Poems.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Kumin, Maxine. Still To Mow: Poems. Norton. 2007. c.96p. ISBN 978-0-393-06549-7. $23.95. POETRY In her 16th book of poems, Pulitzer Prize winner Kumin (Up Country: Poems of New England) continues her celebration of nature, her love of...

Marvin, Cate. Fragment of the Head of a Queen.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Marvin, Cate. Fragment of the Head of a Queen. Sarabande, dist. by Consortium. 2007. c.112p. ISBN 978-1-932511-51-2. pap. $13.95. POETRY In her second collection (after the award winning World's Tallest Disaster), Marvin uses fresh...