General Culture | Cultural Studies
Oct.31.2009
"Flesh Wounds" was a syndicated column that appeared in several Western "hip urban weeklies" during the early nineties. It was originally created for the San Diego cultural review "Revolt In Style" and expanded (including the creation of Jessica Creager's great artwork...
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Aug.03.2009
As a launching pad for inquisitive young minds and a life raft for parents at wits end, this collection addresses a critical part of being a kid: asking questions. Anyone who has ever been a kid, raised a kid, or spent any time with kids knows that asking questions is a critical part of...
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Jun.01.2009
Defying the code that says it's impolite to discuss God or money, Zacharias does just that. On the road once more, Zacharias visits with Sister Schubert, the woman who made $40 million from dinner rolls, and with the Florida Cracker whose mother pickled his chopped-off toddler fingers. Zacharias...
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May.23.2009
From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. The 33rd Pushcart anthology demonstrates that independent presses still publish much of the world's most engaging literature. McSweeney's nominated Wells Tower's standout story, Retreat, in which aging property developer Matthew Lattimore seeks assistance from...
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May.20.2009
My longest book of poems (144 pages), The Alchemy of Opposites contains all the poems that I wish to preserve written since 1992 to its publication in 2000. Although a favorite topic is the natural world (animals, plants, earth, the cosmos), I also appropriate images from various mythologies (...
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Apr.08.2009
When being a rebel is sanctioned by society, what is left to rebel against?
Hal Niedzviecki has a blunt message for the army of tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, bloggers, skateboard warriors, and anyone else walking around with the smug certainty that they are one of a kind: Individuality is the...
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Apr.08.2009
All About the Peep Diaries
We have entered the age of "peep culture": a tell-all, show-all, know-all digital phenomenon that is dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. Peep culture is reality TV, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, over-the-...
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Nov.13.2008
Shrewd, sympathetic, and courageous, Self-Made Man is one woman's take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a man's world. With an ever-present five o'clock shadow, a crew cut, wire-rimmed glasses, and her own size 11½ shoes, Norah Vincent spent a year and a half as her male alter ego, Ned,...
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