Volume I, Issue 55
June 22 - June 29, 1998
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Tried and True [3]
An interview with writer, radio host, and political firebrand Jim Hightower.
— Jay Hardwig, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
What's in a Name? [6]
Jim plays word association.
— AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Juneteenth Reviews [4]
Reviews of books about the civil war and civil rights.
— AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Making Sense of Jasper [5]
Books about the history of lynching.
— AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Rites And Wrongs [7]
Americans, it seems, have always loved to play Indian.
— Gregory McNamee, TUCSON WEEKLY
Wild Prescription [8]
You won't get any snake oil in Karen Tanner's tome on the life of Doc Holliday.
— Emil Franzi, TUCSON WEEKLY
Growing Pains [9]
Roy Blount Jr.'s mother loved him to pieces. His problem is putting them back together.
— Leonard Gill, MEMPHIS FLYER
Now What? [10]
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.
— WEEKLY WIRE
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
his week we may be a little short on new fiction, but that's
countered by some very cool non-fiction releases.
Jim Hightower is a Texas institution. No doubt that description
would seriously irk the guy, but...hey, he is! Liberal politico,
radio personality and writer--Hightower is one busy dude. His
new book, There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow
Stripes and Dead Armadillos really gives it to corporatization,
consumerism, the media, current economic theory--the list goes
on. Read about his history, his new book and you can also see
him play word association too.
The tragedy in Jasper, Texas underlines the importance of
Leon Litwak's Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age
of Jim Crow. While detailing the black person's life experience
in the south between 1880 and 1920, Litwak, a blues fan, uses
the music lyrics to illustrate the black's plight. This review
is just one of a number of books on segragation in the south reviewed
here. Also be sure to check out the review of Tony Horwitz's Confederates
in the Attic: Dispatches f rom the Unfinished Civil War.
Horwitz examines the cult of Civil War "re-enactors"
and seriously examines the way the ex-confederacy views the Civil
War in present day. We're talking fascinating here, folks.
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Road to Redemption [2]
Keith Ridgeway's "The Long Falling".
— Brendan Doherty, WEEKLY ALIBI
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