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Volume I, Issue 33
January 20 - January 26, 1998
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Dusting off the Bookshelf 
Short reviews of the novel "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden, and various other 1997 releases. [2]
Soul Search 
"All Saints," Karen Palmer's emotionally haunting debut novel, traces the paths of three lost souls in New Orleans in the 1950s. [3]
Merrik Bush
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Crumb on Your Table 
Underground artist R. Crumb goes legit with a big fat coffee table tome. [4]
Ernie Longmire
Other Voices 
A review of George Plimpton's latest book, with the self-explanatory title: "Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintainces and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career." [5]
Ray Pride
Bravo for Brahms
Author Jan Swafford turns out a sympathetic but restrained, very readable biography of the celebrated composer. [6]
Christine Wald-Hopkins
Desert Buzz
Author John Alcock, a professor of zoology at Arizona State University and prolific writer about Sonoran Desert ecology, must be a suburban neighbor's worst nightmare. [7]
Gregory McNamee
Now What? 
Love to read? Need some clever ideas? Our library of resources and staff picks are guaranteed to turn on plenty of mental light bulbs via your electrified eye sockets. [9]
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kay, I'm sold. Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha"
is 1997's must-read book. In this article covering many of the
year's releases, the reviewer gives "Memoirs" something
akin to a 10, an A-plus, four stars, two thumbs up and a gold
star all at once. And here I thought I'd never be interested in
the life of a geisha.
I'm not quite as sold on Karen Palmer's "All Saints,"
though the review makes it sound like pretty good reading, what
with its 1950s New Orleans setting and all. The story just sounds
a little too melodramatic. I'm much more intrigued by the psychosexual
obsessions filling up Robert Crumb's new coffee table book. Seems
the once-obscure comic book artist is riding a big, fat wave of
relevance thanks to the success of the recent documentary about
him. Way to go, you crusty old geek!
Speaking of crusty old geeks, George Plimpton's new book about
Truman Capote (properly pronounced "Kah-poe-TAY" among
those of us in the know) has raised quite a ruckus of late. Plimpton's
been accused of gossip-mongering and insubstantiality, but his
defenders have called the approach an appropriate one for the
subject. Either way, you gotta love Capote.
Our reviews also cover non-fiction books about Brahms and bugs,
bugs and Brahms. Whether you prefer reading about funeral-march
music or the (non) mating patterns of aphids is entirely up to
you. Me, I think I'll be going for the "Geisha."
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Speed Reader
- "Dirty Laundry: 100 Days in a Zen Monastery" by Robert Winson and Miriam Sagan
- "Family: American Writers Remember Their Own" edited by Sharon Sloan Fiffer and Steve Fiffer
- "Aerobleu" by Leslie Ann Nash
- "Virtual Spaces: Sex and the Cyber Citizen" by Cleo Odzer
Northern Arizona Book Festival
Feeling multicultural? Then be sure to check in with the phenomenal and
varied group of authors meeting at this free conference February 6 through
8. Presented by Weekly Wire, the festival includes dozens of the most
respected names in literature. Don't miss it!
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