KATHLEEN ROONEY Star Tribune “On Freedom” by Maggie Nelson; Graywolf Press, 288 pages, $ 27. Given that Maggie Nelson is known to broaden categories and defy expectations of the genre, it is perhaps no wonder that her latest book, the subtle but expansive “On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint”, takes it as...
Read MoreHouse of Slaughter, number 1 (Image: BOOM! Studios) Welcome to my comic book review rundown for the week of October 27, 2021. I’m going to talk about Slaughterhouse number 1, The White Night number 1 and 2, SWORD number 9, and more! I’ll start by talking about the Slaughterhouse issue 1, co-authored by James...
Read MoreCatwoman: Lonely City Number 1 (Image: DC Comics) Welcome to my comic book review rundown for the week of October 20, 2021. I’m going to talk about Catwoman: Lonely City number 1, Black’s myth number 4, Beyond the breach number 4, and more! I will start by talking about Catwoman: Lonely City problem 1....
Read MoreWith somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million books published each year in the United States alone, choosing that next big read can be a challenge. To cut through the clutter, your Mountain timetable critics offer a very clean and organized – quick fiction – selection of books for October. ‘Wolf Point (Ashe Cayne Book...
Read MoreLate city, by Robert Olen Butler (Atlantic Monthly). This retrospective novel warns of the political consequences of failures of personal insight. On election night 2016, God visits the deathbed of Sam Cunningham, who, at the age of one hundred and fifteen, is the last living veteran of the First World War. D Chicago newspaper....
Read MoreSummary: In her new book, Christiana Hale takes readers on an exciting and insightful tour of the cosmos, as depicted in CS Lewis’ beloved yet enigmatic Ransom trilogy. Rainy streets of London, on the surface of Malacandra, to the floating lands of Perelandra, in the dreaded NICE rooms, she takes readers on an in-depth...
Read MoreFrom Motorcycle Racing Champion to Award-winning Author and Publisher—a Profile plus Review of The Speed Kings, On Cannon Ball’s Trail and The Daytona 200 Don Emde occupies a special place in the pantheon of motorcycle personalities, and not just as motorcycle racing champion, either. He is also an award-winning author, historian, and book publisher....
Read MoreThe literary season of early fall usually offers a plethora of new novels aimed at warming up winter days and nights. This year is no different. To help you prepare for the season, Mountain timetable offers you the following titles, which are currently scheduled for publication between mid-August and the end of September. Designed...
Read MoreBatman / Catwoman Number 7 (Image: DC Comics) Welcome to my comic book review rundown for the week of September 8, 2021. I’m going to talk about Batman / Catwoman number 7, Lost falls number 2, Day before number 5, and more! Let’s open with Batman / Catwoman number 7 by writer Tom King....
Read MoreMidnighter 2021, annual issue 1 (Image: DC Comics) Welcome to my recap of comic book reviews for the week of September 1, 2021. I’m talking about The Last Annihilation: Wiccan and Hulkling Number 1, Midnight 2021 Annual Number 1, Dark times Number 1, and more! I’ll start by talking about the Midnight 2021 Annual...
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