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Hergé, Son of Tintin – The Works Of A Comics Creater by Benoit Peeters

On January 21, 2012, in Art & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

The adventures of Tintin and his dog, Snowy, have captivated people worldwide since they first appeared as an insert in the Belgian Catholic newspaper Le Vintième Siècle in 1929. Available for the first time in English, this insightful biography delves deep into the psyche of Tintin creator Georges Remi and his public persona Hergé.

The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography Of A Difficult Woman by John Matteson

On January 21, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

A brilliant writer and a fiery social critic, Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) was perhaps the most famous American woman of her generation. Outspoken and quick-witted, idealistic and adventurous, she became the leading female figure in the transcendentalist movement, wrote a celebrated column of literary and social commentary for Horace Greeley’s newspaper, and served as the first foreign correspondent for an American newspaper.

Life Sentences: Literary Judgments and Accounts by William H. Gass

On January 21, 2012, in Book Reviews, Essays, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

A dazzling new collection of essays—on reading, writing, form, and thought—from one of America’s master writers. Life Sentences is William Gass at his Gassian best.

Ben Jonson: A Life – The Greatest Of Shakespeare’s Contemporaries by Ian Donaldson

On January 21, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. His fame rests not only on the numerous plays he had written, but on his achievements over three decades as principal masque-writer to the early Stuart court, where he had worked in creative, if at times stormy, collaboration with Inigo Jones. One of the most accomplished poets of the age, he was–in fact if not in title–the first Poet Laureate in England.

The Last Holiday: A Posthumous Memoir by Gil Scott Heron

On January 10, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

This posthumous publication of The Last Holiday is a fitting testament to the career and achievements of Gil Scott-Heron. But it is also a heartfelt and highly personal account of his growing up in the South, a touching portrait of Stevie Wonder, and a compelling narrative vehicle for Scott-Heron’s keen insights into the music industry, the civil rights movement, modern America, governmental hypocrisy, and our wider place in the world.

Sometimes There Is a Void: Memoirs of an Outsider by Zakes Mda

On January 6, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Zakes Mda is the most acclaimed South African writer of the independence era. His eight novels tell stories that venture far beyond the conventional narratives of a people’s struggle against apartheid. In this memoir, he tells the story of a life that intersects with the political life of his country but that at its heart is the classic adventure story of an artist, lover, father, teacher, and bon vivant.

Machu My Picchu: Searching for Sex, Sanity, and a Soul Mate in South America by Iris Bahr

On November 10, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Iris Bahr finds herself in even more foreign territory: Brown University, where she desperately attempts to fit in among frat boys, Jordanian royalty, vegan hippies, coke heads, and an Ecuadorian guy with a penchant for disturbingly tight jeans.

New Review For “Vampire Ascending” – New Teaser From “Vampire’s Trill” by Lorelei Bell

On November 8, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Guest Writers, Lorelei Bell, Vampire Corner, Vampires, Werewolves, Fantasy, by Lorelei Bell

With Bell at the helm of this tale, it was more a case of: Seriously, guys, this is how it happened. By the end, I had bought in and was ready for the next installment.

Becoming Ray Bradbury – The Making Of An Iconic American Writer by Jonathan R. Eller

On August 18, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Becoming Ray Bradbury chronicles the making of an iconic American writer by exploring Ray Bradbury’s childhood and early years of his long life in fiction, film, television, radio, and theater. Jonathan R. Eller measures the impact of the authors, artists, illustrators, and filmmakers who stimulated Bradbury’s imagination throughout his first three decades.

Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties – A Memoir by Robert Stone

On August 12, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

It’s a long, strange trip that’s navigated in this engaging memoir. Novelist Stone (A Hall of Mirrors) recounts his salad days from a stint in the navy in the late 1950s to a desultory trip to Vietnam as a correspondent during the disastrous 1971 invasion of Laos. Stone largely sat out the civil rights and antiwar movements and cops to no ideology beyond “ordinary decency.”