Library Journal articles from October 2008

Library Journal archives from October 2008

Express reviews: first look at new books.(ON THE WEB)(Night of Thunder)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Verdict: Aging supersniper Bob Lee Swagger, a slightly more geriatric version of Lee Child's Jack Reacher but just as lethal, returns in a tale that combines guns, drugs, NASCAR, and a supervillain marvelously named Sinnerman.... If this is a...

E-views: LaGuardia's blog on e-products.(ON THE WEB)(Cheryl LaGuardia)(Website overview)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Antiques Roadshow fans probably already know about this file, but if you haven't yet heard about it, now's the time to see it firsthand. The Price4Antiques reference database 'contains actual auction sales history...

Palin strikes fear in libraries: the more we hear about Palin, the less we trust her.(editorial)(Sarah Palin)(Viewpoint essay)
October 1, 2008... MY FAVORITE SARAH PALIN CARTOON CIRCULATING on the web is one showing a huge moose, Alaskan no doubt, with a cartoon bubble saying, "BE AFRAID... BE VERY AFRAID!" That pretty much sums up my feelings about the number two on the Republican...

Disability resource.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2008... My colleagues and I in the Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS) of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) of the American Library Association were heartened to read Jim Blansett's "Digital...

Privatization works.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2008... There are two sides to privatization (Francine Fialkoff, "The Privatization Threat," Editorial, LJ 6/1/08, p. 8). I'd like to share our experiences with Library Systems and Services, LLC (LSSI). In the late 1980s, Shasta County, CA, was...

Piazza at Sweet Briar.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2008... In your otherwise interesting interview with author Tom Piazza (LJ 9/1/08, p. 116) you incorrectly gave the name of the college at which he spoke. It is actually Sweet Briar College, founded in 1901, with a strong record of educating women and,...

Top ten techie traits.(front desk)(library software developers)(Brief article)(List)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LJ Digital Libraries blogger Roy Tennant reminds us that library software developers need both a variety of technical skills as well as a set of useful character traits to be fully effective. Among them: 1 The...

Hunter S. Thompson at the library.(front desk)(Quotation)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... "We were on the reference desk in a branch on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold... --Joe Schallan, on his blog, the Jurassic Librarian, juralib.blogspot.com

Neologism: what's a "leaf"?(front desk)(public libraries)(Quotation)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... If a library branch is a full fledged operation, then one run only by volunteers is a "leaf." There's one already in the Mesa County Public Library District, Grand Junction, CO, and there may be another soon, according to the Daily Sentinel....

"Bring us your books ... collecting dust".(front desk)(Quotation)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... "Bring Us Your Books... Collecting Dust," says Brooklyn Public Library, and "our partner, Better World Books, will sell them to people all over the world who will cherish them and share the profits with the library."

Stat watch.(Latino library use)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... STAT WATCH LATINO LIBRARY USE (IN PERCENTAGE) Library visits Percent Daily or weekly 12.2 Every other month or monthly 27.5 Once or twice a year 14.1 More than one year ago ...

Did Palin Meddle with the library? VP pick's actions as mayor prompt inquiry, debate; what can ALA say?(lj news)(United States vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin)(American Library Association)
October 1, 2008... After Republican presidential nominee John McCain chose little-known Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, questions surfaced about how Palin as the mayor of Wasilla (pop. 5500)--elected in 1996 with backing from Christian...

NIH-like policies to be blocked?(lj news)(United States National Institutes of Health)
October 1, 2008... Publishers support new bill; advocates cite public access value Publishers squared off against public access advocates September 11 in Congress, as they testified concerning the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (H.R. 6845), which would...

Hurricanes hurt Gulf Coast PLs.(lj news)(public libraries)
October 1, 2008... Hurricane Ike swept through the Gulf Coast in mid-September, destroying a temporary library in Cameron Parish, in Louisiana's southwest corner. It was feared to have severely damaged the Rosenberg Library in Galveston, home to a large cache of...

How to increase Latino PL use.(NEWS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... More Latinos than previously assumed use public libraries in the United States, according to a new study sponsored by Web Junction and conducted by the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute. It also recommends how to draw more Latinos to libraries....

Long Beach main library saved.(NEWS)(Long Beach Public Library, California)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Budget cuts will reduce hours, but library director and citizens pleased The main library of the Long Beach Public Library, CA, scheduled for closure October 1 under the proposed mayoral budget, will remain open, after a strong public...

Research Libs. face the future.(NEWS)(research libraries)
October 1, 2008... CLIR cites transformation," while Ithaka warns of ambivalence In a new report, No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) suggests that a "transformation"...

After fraud, rural CDN PL revives.(NEWS)(Wheatland Regional Library)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... With new director, book-buying system revamped, circulation rises The 46-branch Wheatland Regional Library (WRL), which serves approximately 90,000 people living in 141 communities in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, is steadily recovering from...

Seattle's library plan complete: celebration marks new buildings, success described in five areas.(NEWS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Ten years ago, Seattle voters approved $196.4 million for a new central library, four new libraries, 14 renovations, and nine replacements. Other public and private resources contributed an additional $100 million. Now that the ambitious...

Hartford Director Blalock to retire.(NEWS)(librarian Louise Blalock of Hartford Public Library, Connecticut)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Decision not related to recent controversies, LoY winner says After enduring criticism of security practices at the Hartford Public Library, CT, and a flap about two branch closures (see News, LJ 6/15/08, p. 18ff.), chief librarian Louise...

Calendar.(NEWS)(Calendar)
October 1, 2008... NOVEMBER 4-7--Wisconsin Library Assn., Middleton www.wla.lib.wi.us 5-8--New York Library Assn., Saratoga Springs www.nyla.org 6-8--Colorado Library Assn., Denver www.cal-webs.org 9-12--Pennsylvania Library Assn., Valley Forge...

UCSB gets photo trove worth $14.3m.(NEWS)(University of California at Santa Barbara )(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... The University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) Davidson Library has received a major collection of more than 500,000 aerial images, offering "a pictorial odyssey" of some 65 major metropolitan areas in the United States at the turn of the...

Institute for Healthcare Informatics.(people)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Prudence Dalrymple is the new Director, Institute for Healthcare Informatics, Philadelphia, a joint effort of Drexel University's College of Information Science and Technology (CIST), College of Nursing and Health Professions, and School of...

PALINET.(people)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Laurie Gemmill has been named Digital Services Program Manager at PALINET, Philadelphia. She most recently was Senior Implementation Manager at OCLC.

University of Michigan.(people)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Barbara MacAdam has been appointed Associate University Librarian for Public Services at the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor. She was Head of Reference and Instruction at UM.

Maricopa County Library District.(people)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Frank Patterson has been named Development Supervisor for the Maricopa County Library District (MCLD), Phoenix. He most recently was an Adult Services Librarian at MCLD's North Valley Regional Library.

Odum Library.(people)(Valdosta State University, GA)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Sonja Sutherland is the new Reference Librarian and Instructor of Library Science at Odum Library, Valdosta State University, GA. She was a student Reference Specialist at the University of Washington, Seattle, while completing her MLIS.

International Council on Archives.(people)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, was elected President of the International Council on Archives (ICA) for a two-year term. He replaces Austrian Lorenz Mikoletzky, Director-General, Austrian State Archives.

Alabama Public Library Service.(people)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Fara Zaleski has been named Public Library Consultant in the Networking, Development & Planning Department of the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS), Montgomery. Prior to that, she was the head of the Alabama Regional Library for the Blind...

Obituary.(people)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Rebecca Craven, who worked at the Cincinnati Public Library for 30 years, has died; she was 76. She began in the audiovisual department, eventually becoming Head Librarian of that area and, later, Director of the Arts and Music Division. ...

ProQuest, Google to digitize news: millions of pages to be scanned for Google News archives, including newspapers unlikely to be digitized otherwise.(infotech)
October 1, 2008... Hoping to do for newspapers what Google Books has done for monographs, ProQuest and search giant Google have reached an agreement to digitize millions of pages of content from ProQuest's vast newspaper microfilm archives, which include 10,000...

New ePub program for Penguin.(infotech)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Readers already owning the hardcover edition of Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence and wanting to read the epilog written exclusively for the paperback edition can purchase it as a standalone as part of Penguin's "eSpecials" program....

ArticleReach for Wayne State.(INFOTECH)(Wayne State University Library System using ArticleReach)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Wayne State University Library System, Detroit, has officially become a member of an international consortium using ArticleReach, an electronic document delivery service developed by Innovative Interfaces. The product allows for centralized...

New Adobe DRM/lending software.(INFOTECH)(digital rights management software)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... On September 22, Adobe launched its latest software for ebook retailing and lending: Adobe Content Server 4. In partnership with a number of prominent library vendors including Overdrive, Ingram Digital, NetLibrary, and Libre Digital, as well...

Redesign for Credo Reference.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Credo Reference, the electronic resource aggregator, has significantly updated the user interface of its reference platform. The improvements are "optimized to address different types of reference questions," the company said, and include...

Science info without borders.(ONLINE DATABASES)(Website overview)
October 1, 2008... ONLINE RESOURCES ARE CRITICAL to the concept of "libraries without borders," the theme of the 2008 World Library and Information Congress at the 74th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) general conference,...

What we need: a survey of library innovators exposes pressure points in the profession--and how to relieve them.
October 1, 2008... Each year, Library Journal recognizes 50 or so emerging leaders in the profession as Movers & Shakers. These library professionals are passionate about the work they do and are moving the profession forward, often in creative and innovative...

The library as ecosystem: a new way of thinking about the profession embraces the concepts of mutual benefit and coevolution.(Viewpoint essay)
October 1, 2008... It came as quite a surprise to one of my colleagues when he found out that he was untamed. A licensed architect with almost two decades of professional experience, my colleague is one of the "feral professionals" Jim Neal famously said now...

Tracking down first fiction.(FIRST NOVELISTS)(Recommended readings)
October 1, 2008... Appropriately, this wrap-up of last season's top first novels includes mysteries, since figuring out what to include takes some detective work. Sales, printings, media attention, reviews, notice from awards committees, and sources like Book...

Forthcoming debuts.(books to be released)(List)
October 1, 2008... NORTHEAST Stephen Baldwin. The Death and Life of Gabriel Phillips. FaithWords. Nov. New York Mark Bavaro. Rough & Tumble. St. Martin's. Sept. Massachusetts (LJ 8/08) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Richard Belzer with Michael Black. I...

Design for everyone.(Collection Development: Universal Design)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the first wave of baby boomers hits their "golden years," there is a growing demand for housing that meets their changing physical needs. According to the U.S. Census, by the year 2020 over 20 percent of the U.S....

$108 ... and some cents.(BACKTALK)(life of a librarian)(Viewpoint essay)
October 1, 2008... I DO NOT COME CHEAP. AS A REFERENCE librarian I am asked, day and night (and every fourth weekend), to thrust and parry every possible question that darts at me here at the reference desk, from the presumed date of Shakespeare's birth to the...

Prepub alert.(prepublication novels)(List)
October 1, 2008... FICTION Armstrong, Kelley. Men of the Otherworld. Spectra: Bantam. Feb. 2009. c.496p. ISBN 978-0-553-80709-7. $22. Two novellas that originally appeared on the author's web site give us the lowdown on the Otherworld's sexy werewolves...

Mystery.(mystery novels)(Recommended readings)
October 1, 2008... LONERS NO MORE A classic character in the mystery genre has been the loner sleuth, someone who doesn't need a family or companionship. But it is clear that a number of authors are moving in a new direction, with their protagonists discovering...

Prepub mystery.(prepublication mystery novels)(List)
October 1, 2008... Atkinson, Deborah Turrell. Pleasing the Dead. Poisoned Pen. Feb. 2009. 296p. ISBN 978-1-59058-597-9. $24.95. Storm Kayama goes up against the Yakuza when she suspects they're trafficking girls in her fourth outing by Atkinson, who lives in...

Spiritual living.(spiritual books)(Recommended readings)
October 1, 2008... SPIRITUAL UPHEAVAL This autumn finds spiritual authors seemingly in a reactive mode, coming to terms with breaking news and worrisome trends. Some give witness, from widely varying perspectives, to ongoing national and global upheavals,...

Addiego, John. The Islands of Divine Music.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Addiego, John. The Islands of Divine Music. Unbridled. Oct. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 978-1-932961-54-6. $24.95. F It is refreshing to be spared the romanticized Mafia scenarios when reading about the Italian American immigrant experience....

Audeguy, Stephane. The Only Son.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Audeguy, Stephane. The Only Son. Harcourt. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-15-101329-6. $25. F Part epistle and part historical fiction, Audeguy's second novel (after The Theory of Clouds) gives voice to one of history's hidden figures. Writing...

Cates, David Allan. Freeman Walker.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Cates, David Allan. Freeman Walker. Unbridled. Oct. 2008. c.304p. ISBN 978-1-932961-55-3. $25.95. F Cates's third novel (after Hunger in America and X Out of Wonderland) is a gritty, sweeping work of historical fiction, written in the...

Chute, Carolyn. The School on Heart's Content Road.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Chute, Carolyn. The School on Heart's Content Road. Atlantic Monthly. Nov. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-87113-987-0. $24. F In 1995, just after moving to Maine, I sat in a diner eating blueberry pancakes and listening to a conversation in an...

Dunn, Suzannah. The Queen's Sorrow.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Dunn, Suzannah. The Queen's Sorrow. HarperPaperbacks: HarperCollins. Jan. 2009. c.283p. ISBN 978-0-06-170427-7. pap. $13.96. F With her famous false pregnancy and desperate struggle to hold onto her husband, Philip of Spain, while trying to...

Ferguson, Patricia. Peripheral Vision.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Ferguson, Patricia. Peripheral Vision. Other. Oct. 2008. c.376p. ISBN 978-1-59051-287-6. $24.95. F A proven British fiction writer makes her American debut with a story of chance and choice. Ferguson (It So Happens) weaves a tale around...

Ford, Jamie. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Ford, Jamie. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Ballantine. Feb. 2009. c.285p. ISBN 978-0-345-50533-0. $24. F Fifth-grade scholarship students and best friends Henry and Keiko are the only Asians in their Seattle elementary school in...

Gander, Forrest. As a Friend.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Gander, Forrest. As a Friend. New Directions, dist. by Norton. Oct. 2008. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-8112-1745-3. pap. $13.95. F Gander has established a well-deserved reputation as one of America's finest poets and translators, comparable to the...

Ghosh, Amitav. Sea of Poppies.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Ghosh, Amitav. Sea of Poppies. Farrar. Oct. 2008. c.512p. ISBN 978-0-374-17422-4. $26. F Deeti has a vision of the former slave ship long before she spies its sails billowing up the Ganges, intuiting that her fate will inexplicably be tied...

Glavinic, Thomas. Night Work.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Glavinic, Thomas. Night Work. Canongate, dist. by Grove/Atlantic. Nov. 2008. c.264p, tr. from German by John Brownjohn. ISBN 978-1-84767-184-4. pap. $15. F In his U.S. debut, talented young Austrian author Glavinic begins with a premise...

Correction.(FICTION)(Correction notice)
October 1, 2008... The title of Daniel Bergner's A Map of Desire (LJ 9/1/08) has been changed to The Other Side of Desire: Four Journeys into the Far Realms of Lust and Longing. In the review of Nadeem Aslam's The Wasted Vigil (LJ 8/08), a main character was...

Hardie, Titania. The Rose Labyrinth.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Hardie, Titania. The Rose Labyrinth. Atria: S. & S. Nov. 2008. c.392p. ISBN 978-1-4165-8460-5. $26.95. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This fitting first novel by Hardie, better known in the U.K. for her nonfiction on the mystical arts, uses...

Hill, Susan. The Man in the Picture.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Hill, Susan. The Man in the Picture. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2008. c.160p. ISBN 978-1-59020-091-9. pap. $15. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In her new novella, British writer Hill (The Various Haunts of Men) delivers...

Kehlmann, Daniel. Me and Kaminski.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Kehlmann, Daniel. Me and Kaminski. Pantheon. Nov. 2008. c.195p, tr. from German by Carol Brown Janeway. ISBN 978-0-307-37744-9. $21.95. F In his second novel to be translated into English (after Measuring the World), German-Austrian author...

Lee, Janice Y.K. The Piano Teacher.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... * Lee, Janice Y.K. The Piano Teacher. Viking. Jan. 2009. c.326p. ISBN 978-0-670-02048-5. $25.95. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1952 Hong Kong, Claire Pendleton, newly married to a bland postwar British government official, lucks into a...

Lent, Jeffrey. After You've Gone.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Lent, Jeffrey. After You've Gone. Atlantic Monthly. Mar. 2009. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-87113-894-1. $25. F Henry Dorn's quiet life as a professor at a women's college in upstate New York ends abruptly when his wife and his adult son, an...

Littell, Alan. Courage.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Littell, Alan. Courage. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Dec. 2008. c.128p. ISBN 978-0-312-38436-4. $16.95. F The ocean is a vast and treacherous place, and Littell, a travel journalist, longtime contributor to Navigator magazine, and...

London, Joan. The Good Parents.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... London, Joan. The Good Parents. Black Cat: Grove. Feb. 2009. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-8021-7057-6. pap. $14.95. F London, winner of the Age Book of the Year Award for Gilgamesh, tells the story of a family history repeating itself and being...

Lynch, Janet Nichols. Chest Pains.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Lynch, Janet Nichols. Chest Pains. Bridge Works, dist. by National Bk. Network. Feb. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-9816175-0-3. $23.95. F In this promising, lighthearted first adult novel (Lynch has written several YA titles), a community...

McCabe, Patrick. The Holy City.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... McCabe, Patrick. The Holy City. Bloomsbury, dist. by Macmillan. Jan. 2009. c.224p. ISBN 978-1-59691-611-1. pap. $15. F The bastard offspring of a married Protestant woman and her Catholic lover, retired dairyman Chris McCool spends his days...

McElmurray, Karen Salyer. The Motel of the Stars.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... McElmurray, Karen Salyer. The Motel of the Stars. Sarabande, dist. by Consortium. (Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature). Nov. 2008. c.272p. ISBN 978-1-932511-66-6. pap. $15.95. F McElmurray, author of the nonfiction Surrendered...

Mahajan, Karan. Family Planning.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Mahajan, Karan. Family Planning. Harper Perennial. Nov. 2008. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-06-153725-7. pap. $13.95. F Set in New Delhi, India's ever-expanding mega-metropolis, this debut novel explores the political and familial landscape of...

Mun, Nami. Miles from Nowhere.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... * Mun, Nami. Miles from Nowhere. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Jan. 2009. c.304p. ISBN 978-1-59448-854-2. $21.95. F This first novel covers about five years in the life of Korean American teenager Joon. The daughter of Korean immigrants,...

Pauvert, Olivier. Noir.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Pauvert, Olivier. Noir. Counterpoint. Dec. 2008. c.224p, tr. from French by Adriana Hunter. ISBN 978-1-58243-447-6. pap. $14.95. F A bleak yet imaginative vision of the future, this first novel from France conjures a world of drugged...

Reynolds, Sheri. The Sweet In-Between.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Reynolds, Sheri. The Sweet In-Between. Shaye Areheart. Harmony. Nov. 2008. c.224p. ISBN 978-0-307-39389-0. $23. F The newest title from Oprah Book Club author Reynolds (The Rapture of Canaan) is narrated by a troubled 17-year-old...

Rhodes, David. Driftless.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Rhodes, David. Driftless. Milkweed. Oct. 2008. c.416p. ISBN 978-1-57131-059-0. $24. F Winner of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, Rhodes's first novel in over 30 years is set in a rural area of Wisconsin so remote and forgotten that...

Robards, Elizabeth. With Violets.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Robards, Elizabeth. With Violets. Avon. Nov. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-06-157912-7. pap. $13.95. F Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot is the subject of this first novel by former journalist Robards. Using letters and four years' worth of...

Runcie, James. Canvey Island.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Runcie, James. Canvey Island. Other. Nov. 2008. c.312p. ISBN 978-1-59051-293-7. pap. $13.95. F In 1953, on Canvey Island, England, Martin and his mother are caught in a flood while his father and his aunt are out dancing. Martin's mother...

Unsworth, Barry. Land of Marvels.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... * Unsworth, Barry. Land of Marvels. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Jan. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-385-52007-2. $26. F Well known for the widely acclaimed novel Sacred Hunger, which received the Booker Prize, and his well-crafted Morality Play,...

Urbina, Cecilia. A Tuesday Like Today.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Urbina, Cecilia. A Tuesday Like Today. Wings Pr. Oct. 2008. c.172p, tr. from Spanish by Clare E. Sullivan. ISBN 978-0-916727-47-5. pap. $16.95. F While on vacation in Cambodia, sisters Camila and Margara link up with traveler David...

Walsh, Helen. Once upon a Time in England.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Walsh, Helen. Once Upon a Time in England. Canongate, dist. by Grove/Atlantic. 2008. c.366p. ISBN 978-1-84767-179-0. pap. $15. F Hobble Fitzgerald, factory worker by day and bar singer by night, meets Susheela, a Malaysian nurse, when he...

Wray, John. Lowboy.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Wray, John. Lowboy. Farrar. Mar. 2009. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-374-19416-1. $25. F Will Heller, aka Lowboy, is a brilliant but troubled 16-year-old paranoid schizophrenic in New York City. Recently escaped from a mental hospital and obsessed...

Ronk, Martha. Glass Grapes.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Ronk, Martha. Glass Grapes. BOA, dist. by Consortium. (American Reader, No. 10). 2008. c.216p. ISBN 978-1-934414-13-2. pap. $14. F Objects play an important role in this first full-length collection of fiction by American poet Honk. While...

Varallo, Anthony. Out Loud.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Varallo, Anthony. Out Loud. Univ. of Pittsburgh. 2008. c.184p. ISBN 978-0-8229-4356-3. $24.95. F These 14 stories focus on people who feel they are on the outside looking in. "Walkers" describes a couple who watch others walk as they...

Windley, Carol. Home Schooling.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Windley, Carol. Home Schooling. Atlantic Monthly. Feb. 2009. c.226p. ISBN 978-0-87113-994-8. $22. F Set against the idyllic backdrop of Vancouver Island and the bustling cityscape of Seattle, these eight short stories from Canadian author...

Ahl, Diane Cole. Fra Angelico.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Ahl, Diane Cole. Fra Angelico. Phaidon. 2008. 240p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-7148-4830-3. $39.95. FINE ARTS One of the most renowned painters of the early Renaissance, Fra Angelico (born c.1390/95) was acclaimed as the "angelic"...

Anna Richards Brewster, American Impressionist.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Anna Richards Brewster, American Impressionist. Univ. of California. 2008. 216p. ed. by Judith Kafka Maxwell. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-520-25749-8. $39.95. FINE ARTS While successful during her active years (c.1895-1940), Anna...

Benson, Harry. R.F.K.: A Photographer's Journal.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... * Benson, Harry. R.F.K.: A Photographer's Journal. powerhouse. 2008. 144p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-57687-450-9. $39.95. PHOTOG [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From Saint Patrick's Day 1968, when Robert F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for...