Articles by Buzz Poole
May 11, 2012
Portrait of a Nation: Mahmoud Dowlatabadi’s The Colonel 0
Dowlatabadi’s nonlinear episodes jump in time and perspective, a puzzle as fragmented whole as when it is in pieces, an appropriate quality for a book about the shattering of individuals and national identity.
February 22, 2012
Fanatic Meets Stalker: Geoff Dyer’s Zona 3
Even if you’ve never given a second thought to quicksand, tried LSD, or watched The Wizard of Oz (Dyer hasn’t), his read of Stalker permits you to square your life with a film that you may or may not know anything about.
January 12, 2012
If You Could Hear A Book, This Is How It Would Look 3
Chromatic documents a segment of today’s music scene by favoring exciting and important visual examples that contribute to a sensory overload that better represents the music than words or notes ever could on their own.
December 21, 2011
A Year in Reading: Buzz Poole 0
I establish a loose plan for the year that dips into unread classics, keeps tabs on new releases, and delves deeper into favorite authors.
May 24, 2011
Dylan at 70 3
Lurking in everything Dylan has ever done, for better or worse, is the myth of America, its chameleon-like quality to be everything to everybody its greatest asset, permitting openness, not for the sake of change but because of its necessity. This is the history Dylan, who turns 70 years old today, has drawn from to create his own history.
April 5, 2011
Paint It Back: The History of American Graffiti 3
Exactly who was the first kid to spread a name or moniker across a cityscape is up for debate, but this book is as close as one will ever get to a definitive answer.
