Curiosities
December 30, 2011
Looking Back 1
by C. Max Magee
The Morning News “gathered writers and thinkers around the world and asked them to sift through the past year of revolutions, deaths, discoveries, and breakthroughs to answer: What was the most important event of 2011?”
December 30, 2011
Favorite Debuts 1
by C. Max Magee
Tin House assembles a panel to name its favorite debut novels and collections of the year. Swamplandia! and We the Animals get tapped, but some lesser known titles also make the cut.
December 29, 2011
Racist Tintin? 0
by Rachel Hurn
Does the Adventures of Tintin film conveniently avoid the comic books’ racist undertones?
December 29, 2011
To Train Up a Child 0
by Rachel Hurn
The self-proclaimed Christian parenting book, To Train Up a Child, has come under fire in the wake of the three child deaths. Critics started an online petition asking Amazon chief Jeff Bezos to stop selling the book; over 9,000 people have signed it.
December 29, 2011
Read Sugar? 0
by Rachel Hurn
Who is Sugar? Have you read her? Go Behind the Scenes of a Regular Sugar Reader.
December 29, 2011
PDT Cocktail Book 0
by Rachel Hurn
With New Year’s Eve looming, LA Weekly is forgoing their usual cookbook of the week in favor of a cocktail book–The PDT Cocktail Book by Jim Meehan and illustrator Chris Gall, the only beverage book that made it into their Best of 2011 “cookbook” list.
