Biography back issues from January 2008:
Self-regarding art.(Essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Auto, n. self, one's own. Graphic, a. 1637. Drawn with a pencil or pen; of or pertaining to drawing or painting; 1756: vividly descriptive, life-like; 1669: pertaining to the use of diagrams, linear figures or symbolic curves; 1866: Of or pertaining to drawing or painting; the ...
Autography's biography, 1972-2007.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... In a recent interview, Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home. A Family Tragicomic (2006), said, "I always felt like there was something inherently autobiographical about cartooning .... I still believe that. I haven't exactly worked out my theory of why, but it does feel like it almost demands ...
Autographic disclosures and genealogies of desire in Alison Bechdel's Fun Home.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Gillian Whitlock has observed the "potential of comics to open up new and troubled spaces" ("Autographics" 976). Alison Bechdel's autographic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006) is such a text, a provocative exploration of sexuality, gendered relations in the American family, and ...
Multimodal constructions of self: autobiographical comics and the case of Joe Matt's Peepshow.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... In the last thirty years, there has been a significant increase in the number of autobiographies published and read in North America. Autobiography and memoir now constitute a sizable portion of the publishing industry, a phenomenon that can be witnessed by venturing into any bookstore or ...
Auto/assemblage: reading the zine.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... In this article I hope to demonstrate a possible method for how the concept of "autographics" can be deployed as an interpretive strategy. I will be offering a reading of the intersection of narrative, image, and materiality in the use of the zine medium for life writing, suggesting how ...
The endurance of ash: melancholia and the persistance of the material in Charlotte Salomons Leben? oder Theater?(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... On the third day of my research at the Joods Historisch Museum in Amsterdam, which houses Charlotte Salomon's Leben? oder Theater?, I pulled out the third gouache of the Prelude and discovered a hair which I took (and still take, though I certainly have no hard evidence for it) to be ...
Intimate pasts resurrected and released: sex, death, and faith in the art of Jose Legaspi.(Critical essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Art is born of a wound that does not heal. --Bataille If something is to stay in the memory it must be burned in: only that which does not cease to hurt remains in memory. --Frederic Nietzsche INTRODUCTION In much international ...
Adams, Abigail and John: My Dearest Friend Letters of Abigail and John Adams.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Adams, Abigail and John My Dearest Friend Letters of Abigail and john Adams. Ed. Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor. Foreword by Joseph J. Ellis. Cambridge: Belknap/Harvard UP, 2007. 508 pp. $35.00. "From John's salutation in the first letter--'Miss Adorable'--to ...
Allen, Woody: Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Allen, Woody Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking. Eric Lax. New York: Knopf, 2007. 390 pp. $30.00. "Yet for all the measurable ways in which Allen has gone from callow neophyte to seasoned pro, Woody-the-person seems never to have ...
Auslander, Shalom: Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Auslander, Shalom Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir. Shalom Auslander. New York: Riverhead, 2007. 310 pp. $30.00. "Into the territory of Philip Roth and Mordecai Richler, by way of Chaim Potok and Hella Winston, comes Shalom Auslander with the humorous but burdened ...
Baartman, Saartjie (Sarah): The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Saartjie Baartman, Born 1789-Buried 2002.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Baartman, SaartJie (Sarah) The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Saartjie Baartman, Born 1789-Buried 2002. Rachel Holmes. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2007. 239 pp. R150. Saartjie Baartman, born in 1789 in southern Africa, came to stand as a mirror to her ...
Baldry, John: It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Baldry, John It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues. Paul Myers. Vancouver: GreyStone, 2007. 269 pp. $24.95. "[Baldry's] story is told briskly and well in journalist and musician Paul Myers's It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth ...
Ball, Edward and Family: The Genetic Strand Exploring a Family History Through DNA.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Ball, Edward and Family The Genetic Strand Exploring a Family History Through DNA. Edward Ball. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. 265 pp. $25.00. "Several years ago, Edward Ball took possession of an ancient family desk and discovered something in a locked compartment ...
The Beatles: Can't Buy Me Love. The Beatles, Britain, and America.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Beatles Can't Buy Me Love. The Beatles, Britain, and America. Jonathan Gould. New York: Harmony, 2007. 661 pp. $27.50. "As he explains in his introduction, Gould aims to meld the three primary, often distinct strands of Beatle biography--biography, music ...
Bergounioux, Pierre: Carnet de notes, 1991-2000.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Bergounioux, Pierre Carnet de notes, 1991-2000. Pierre Bergounioux. Paris: Verdier, 2007. 1,264 pp. Euro38. "What is called a diary helps repairing time. The person you are today entrusts the one you'll become tomorrow with the task of clearing away the share of ...
The Bible: The Bible: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Bible The Bible: A Biography. Karen Armstrong. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007. 302 pp. $26.95. "Armstrong, a former nun turned academic, tosses out one bravura insight after another ... with no obeisance whatever to perceived wisdom or to the denominational ...
Bidini, Dave: Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Bidini, Dave Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs. Dave Bidini. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. 320 pp. $34.99. A memoir of the former Rheostatics band member's solo tour. "For cerebral hockey fans, and lovers of independent music, Bidini is Canada's undisputed ...
Bizos, George: Odyssey to Freedom.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Bizos, George Odyssey to Freedom. George Bizos. Johannesburg: Random House, 2007. 616 pp. 8270. The integral role George Bizos plays in South African history is laid bare in the best storytelling tradition in this autobiographical tome. The autobiography is not only ...
Boone, Daniel: Boone: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Boone, Daniel Boone: A Biography. Robert Morgan. Chapel Hill: Shannon Ravenal/Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007. 538 pp. $20.95. "'Forget the coonskin cap,' Robert Morgan's biography begins: 'he never wore one.' ... He preferred a beaver felt hat--just as ...
Bout, Viktor: Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Bout, Viktor Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible. Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun. New York: Wiley, 2007. 308 pp. $25.95. "'Merchant of Death' is a riveting investigation of the world's most notorious weapons dealer, Viktor ...
Bowling, Tim: The Lost Coast Salmon, Memory and the Death of Wild Culture.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Bowling, Tim The Lost Coast Salmon, Memory and the Death of Wild Culture. Tim Bowling. Madeira Park, B.C.: Nightwood, 2007. 255 pp. $29.95. A memoir of the Canadian poet and author's childhood in Ladner, B.C., a small fishing village, the book's "larger context is ...
Boyd, Pattie: Wonderful Tonight George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Me.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Boyd, Pattie Wonderful Tonight George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Me. Pattie Boyd with Penny Junor. New York: Harmony, 2007. 307 pp. $34.00. "She was a blond-haired beauty with big blue eyes when Eric Clapton started putting his night moves on Pattie Boyd to steal her ...
Bredin, Jean-Denis: Trop bien eleve.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Bredin, Jean-Denis Trop bien eleve. Jean-Denis Bredin. Paris: Grasset, 2007. 134 pp. Euro 11,90. Barrister and academician Jean-Denis Bredin, born 1929, is the scion of two apparently different bourgeois families: Jewish father (values: work, faithfulness, ...
Brittain, Miller: Miller Brittain: When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Brittain, Miller Miller Brittain: When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears. Tom Smart. Fredericton: Goose Lane, 2007. 180 pp. $65.00. "Readers interested in 20th century Canadian art and fond of the poems of William Blake will enjoy this elegant account of the career ...
Brown, Gordon: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Brown, Gordon Gordon Brown, Prime Minister. Tom Bower. London: HarperPerennial, 2007. 576 pp. 8.99 [pounds sterling]. "One of the new prime minister's most senior cabinet colleagues speaks privately of two Browns: 'Good Gordon' and 'Bad Gordon'. With relief, the ...
Broyard, Anatole: One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life A Story of Race and Family Secrets.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Broyard, Anatole One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life A Story of Race and Family Secrets. Bliss Broyard. Boston: Little, Brown, 2007. 514 pp. $24.99. "For Henry Broyard, race was nothing measurable in drops of blood--it was composed of a name and the restrictive laws and ...
Bush, George W.: Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Bush, George W. Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush. Robert Draper. New York: Free Press, 2007. 463 pp. $28.00. "'Dead Certain' features a compelling account of the 2000 South Carolina primary and the destruction of the McCain campaign. Yet it reveals far ...
Bush, George W., and Ariel Sharon: Lost Years: Bush, Sharon and Failure in the Middle East.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Bush, George W., and Ariel Sharon Lost Years: Bush, Sharon and Failure in the Middle East. Mark Matthews. New York: Nation Books, 2007. 453 pp. $36.00. "President George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon, writes Washington journalist Matthews, had a relationship wherein each ...
Cavell, Edith: Silent in an Evil Time: The Brave War of Edith Cavell.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Cavell, Edith Silent in an Evil Time: The Brave War of Edith Cavell. Jack Battan. Toronto: Tundra, 2007. 144 pp. $18.99. Ages 10 and up. Nurse Edith Cavell "was shot by a firing squad in Brussels for the pivotal role she played helping British soldiers escape capture ...
Cavendish, William: Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion, and Great Houses.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Cavendish, William Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion, and Great Houses. Lucy Worsley. New York: Bloomsbury, 2007. 332 pp. $29.95. "Worsley's architectural and domestic history tells Cavendish's story through his various sumptuous ...
Cawdor, Hugh John Vaughan: A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Cawdor, Hugh John Vaughan A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle. Liza Campbell. New York: Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's, 2007. 323 pp. $24.95. "In her prologue, Campbell mentions some advice she was given by a writer ...
Chandler, Raymond and Cissy: The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Chandler, Raymond and Cissy The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved. Judith Freeman. New York: Pantheon, 2007. 353 pp. $25.95. "Nestled amid the coy Oprah--speak lurks a syllogism no less alarming for being so slyly proffered. In his ...
Chapman, Eddie: Agent Zigzag. A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal.(Zigzag: The Incredible Wartime Exploits of Double Agent Eddie Chapman)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Chapman, Eddie Agent Zigzag. A True Story ofNazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal. Ben Macintyre. New York: Harmony, 2007. 364 pp. $25.95. Zigzag. The Incredible Wartime Exploits of Double Agent Eddie Chapman. Nicholas Booth. New York: Arcade, 2007. 386 pp. $26.99. ...
Chavez, Hugo: Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the United States.('Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution' and 'Hugo Chavez')(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Chavez, Hugo Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the U.S. Nikolas Kozloff. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 268 pp. $17.25. Hugo! The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution. Bart Jones. Hanover, NH: Steerforth, 2007. 584 pp. $30.00. ...
Cheney, Dick: Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Cheney, Dick Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy. Charlie Savage. Boston: Little, Brown, 2007. 400 pp. $25.99. "Charlie Savage, the author of 'Takeover,' depicts a presidency on steroids, pumped up by Vice ...
Chretien, Jean: My Years as Prime Minister.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Chretien, Jean My Years as Prime Minister. Jean Chretien. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2007. 435 pp. $39.95. "This chronicle of his 10-year reign doesn't live up to its billing. Its cloying perspective and deliberate avoidance of key issues guarantees that Lawrence ...
Christie, Agatha: Agatha Christie: An English Mystery.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Christie, Agatha Agatha Christie: An English Mystery. Laura Thompson. London: Headline Review, 2007. 533 pp. 20 [pounds sterling]. The author "has been given full access to the unpublished letters, papers and notebooks .... [S] ...
Christmas, Jane: What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim: A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago de Compostela.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Christmas, Jane What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim: A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Jane Christmas. Vancouver: GreyStone, 2007. 295 pp. $21.95. "If you want to read about an impulsive middle-aged woman who hikes in the footsteps of ...
Clapton, Eric: Clapton: The Autobiography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Clapton, Eric Clapton: The Autobiography. Eric Clapton. New York: Broadway, 2007. 343 pp. $34.00. "Clapton may have spent the better part of his life as a tortured soul, but he writes as a veteran showman who understands, possibly better than any of his ...
Clinton, Hillary Rodham: Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Clinton, Hillary Rodham Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady. Gil Troy. Lawrence: UP of Kansas, 2006. 263 pp. $16.95. "In Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady, presidential scholar Gil Troy adds to the literature on the U.S. first ladyship, a ...
Clinton, William Jefferson and Hillary: For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Clinton, William Jefferson and Hillary For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years. Sally Bedell Smith. New York: Random House, 2007. 572 pp. $27.95. "While providing a useful and engaging primer on the highs and lows of the first Clinton ...
Coltrane, John: Coltrane: The Story of a Sound.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Coltrane, John Coltrane: The Story of a Sound. Ben Ratliff. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007. 250 pp. $27.50. "How did Coltrane, as Ratliff claims, become the most widely imitated jazz musician of the past half--century? To answer this, Ratliff digs, drawing ...
Conacher, Brian: As the Puck Turns: A Personal Journey through the World of Hockey.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Conacher, Brian As the Puck Turns: A Personal Journey Through the World of Hockey. Brian Conacher. Mississauga, Ont.: Wiley, 2007. 288 pp. $32.99. "Conacher, part of Canada's greatest sporting family and member of the last Toronto Maple Leafs team to win the Stanley ...
Conrad, Joseph: The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Conrad, Joseph The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad. John Stape. Toronto: Bond Street Books, 2007. 378 pp. $35.95. "Stape's biography, too superficial for scholars, too pedantic for a general audience, might ...
Copernicus, Nikolaus: Copernicus' Secret. How the Scientific Revolution Began.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Copernicus, Nikolaus Copernicus' Secret. How the Scientific Revolution Began. Jack Repcheck. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. 239 pp. $25.00. "Jack Repcheck's new biography ... at last brings the astronomer to life in a way that past efforts have not quite achieved. ...
Coward, Noel: The Letters of Noel Coward.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Coward, Noel The Letters of Noel Coward. Edited with commentary by Barry Day. New York: Knopf, 2007. 780 pp. $37.50. "Day's edition of the Letters will add nothing new to the ample record of Coward's life, although it is interesting to see the life through the ...
Davis, Bette: Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Davis, Bette Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis. Ed Sikov. New York: Henry Holt, 2007. 479 pp. $30.00. "I admire the way Sikov resists her posthumous Lorelei call, seeing through her sarcasm, jealousy, fear and self-delusion. And he doesn't whitewash her faults ....
Dawson, George Mercer: Beneath My Feet The Memoirs of George Mercer Dawson.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Dawson, George Mercer Beneath My Feet The Memoirs of George Mercer Dawson. George Mercer Dawson with Phil Jenkins. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. 350 pp. $34.99. "Letters and diaries of the famous are gold for historians, who mine them for nuggets of candid ...
Deleuze, Gilles, and Felix Guattari: Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari: Une biographie croisee.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Deleuze, Gilles, and Felix Guattari Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari: Une biographie croisee. Francois Dosse. Paris: La Decouverte, 2007. 642 pp, Euro 29,50. In L'anti-CEdipe. Capitalisme & schizophenie (1972), the philosopher Deleuze and the psychoanalyst Guattari, ...
Diana, Princess of Wales: Diana: An Amazing Life: The People Cover Stories 1981-1997.(The Portrait of Princess Diana: 10th Anniversary Edition)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Diana, Princess of Wales Diana: An Amazing Life: The People Cover Stories 1981-1997. New York: People Magazine, 2007. 192 pp. $23.95. The Portrait of Princess Diana: 10th Anniversary Edition. Rosalind Coward. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2007. 248 pp. $37.50. ...
Dickinson, Emily: La dame blanche.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Dickinson, Emily La dame blanche. Christian Bobin. Pais: Gallimard, "L'un et l'autre," 2007. 122 pp. Euro14,50. "My life has been too simple and severe to disconcert anybody," said Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). Born in Amherst, she lived and died in Amherst, with the ...
Douglas, Buster, and Mike Tyson: The Last Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Douglas, Buster, and Mike Tyson The Last Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever. Joe Layden. New York: St. Martin's, 2007. 308 pp. $24.95. "'The Last Great Fight' succeeds in provoking a sense of tense ...
Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.(Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Doyle, Arthur Conan The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Andrew Lycett. New York: Free Press, 2007. 559 pp. $30.00. Arthur Conan Doyle. A Life in Letters. Edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley. New ...
Drysdale, Andrew: My Neighbour Madiba, and Others.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Drysdale, Andrew My Neighbour Madiba, and Others. Andrew Drysdale. Cape Town: Lion's Head, 2007. 310 pp. R175. Drysdale recalls his extensive career of more than forty years in the newspaper industry, from cadet reporter in the Eastern Cape to ...
Eglin, Colin: Crossing the Borders of Power.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Eglin, Colin Crossing the Borders of Power. Colin Eglin. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2007. 374 pp. R225. Colin Eglin served in the South Africa parliament through the terms of seven prime ministers and presidents--from J. G. Strijdom to ...
Empsom, William: William Empsom: A Life.(Selected Letters of William Empson)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Empsom, William William Empsom: A Life. Vol. 2: Against the Christians. John Haffenden. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. 824 pp. 30 [pounds sterling]; $65.00. "Haffenden regards 'contempt for Christianity' as 'one of the most deeply rooted convictions of Empsom's life.'" ...
Fellini, Federico: Le livre de mes reves.(Federico Fellini: Sa Vie Etses Films)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Fellini, Federico Le livre de mes reves. Federico Fellini. Trans. (from Italian) Renaud Temperini. Paris: Flammarion, 2007. 584 pp. Euro89. Federico Fellini, sa vie etses films. Tullio Kezich. Trans. (from Italian) Vincent Raynaud. Paris: Galliimard, 2007. 402 pp ....
The First Amendment: Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The First Amendment Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment. Anthony Lewis. New York: Basic, 2008. 221 pp. $25.00. "Each year I read aloud to my criminal procedure students the final paragraphs of 'Gideon's Trumpet,' Lewis's ...
Fleming, Ann Marie, and Long Tack Sam: The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Fleming, Ann Marie, and Long Tack Sam The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam. Ann Marie Fleming. New York: Riverhead, 2007. 170 pp. $17.50. "Ann Marie Fleming's personal journal researching her great-grandfather Sam, a Chinese vaudeville performer, is at the heart of The ...
Gamble, Janise Marie: Unlucky to the End The Story of Janise Marie Gamble.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Gamble, Janise Marie Unlucky to the End The Story of Janise Marie Gamble. Richard W. Pound. Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queen's UP, 2007. 241 pp. $34.95. "[A] legal tale that some will not want to hear: why a killer's wife, Janise Marie Gamble, then 21, of Peterborough, ...
Garfinkel, Jonathan: Ambivalence.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Garfinkel, Jonathan Ambivalence. Jonathan Garfinkel. Toronto: Viking Canada, 2007. 352 pp. $34.00. Toronto poet and playwright Garfinkel writes about his relationship with Judaism, focusing on his education at a Toronto Jewish School and his experience in Israel with ...
Gershwin, George: The House that George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Gershwin, George The House that George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty. Wilfid Sheed. New York: Random House, 2007. 368 pp. $37.95. The House that George Built is a personal and witty story of the men--and occasionally ...
Gibson, Rex: Final Deadline: The Last Days of the Rand Daily Mail.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Gibson, Rex Final Deadline: The Last Days of the Rand Daily Mail. Rex Gibson. Cape Town: David Phillip, 2007. 208 pp. R160. Rex Gibson's memoirs recount a personal history of the Rand Daily Mail from the late 1950s to the closure of the newspaper in 1985. The Rand ...
Goldman, Emma: A Dangerous Woman.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Goldman, Emma A Dangerous Woman. Sharon Rudahl. New York: New Press, 2007. 112 pp. $17.95. "A much more overtly political biography [than Ann Marie Fleming's The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam] ... Sharon Rudahl's graphic biography of anarchist firebrand Emma Goldman ...
Grass, Gunter: Pelures d'oignon [Beim Hauten der Zwiebel].(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Grass, Gunter Pelures d'oignon [Beim Hauten der Zwiebel]. Gunter Grass. Trans. (from German) Claude Porcell. Paris: Seuil, 2007 412 pp. Euro22,80. At 80, Nobel Prize winer Grass returns to his youth. "Vainly do I leaf through my memories. I find nothing favorable to ...