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Book Review: The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
A teenage girl faces personal and societal disarray in a struggle to find hope in a dystopian England.
Read More »Book Review – The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011, edited by William W. Demastes
Love is a many splintered thing, this collection of one-act plays suggests.
Read More »Music Review: Rush – Clockwork Angels
Clockwork Angels proves that although Rush may be old dogs, their new tricks add up to a superb creative achievement.
Read More »Book Review: Sex Politics Religion: How Delusional Thinking is Destroying America by Steve Siebold
Sex Politics Religion is a superficial look at many important issues, offering little more than the opinions of the author.
Read More »Book Review: Quest, Inc.: Can You Buy a New Life? by Justin Cohen
Is the Self-Help Industry really about getting better, or just a fancier form of snake oil?
Read More »Music Review: The Bill Evans Trio – The Very Best of the Bill Evans Trio
The Very Best of the Bill Evans Trio collects some of the pianist's best early work.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince, Illustrated by P. Craig Russell
Wilde’s classic Victorian fairy story receives a loving adaptation by the comic book illustrator.
Read More »Book Review: Dirty Work by Michael Lamendola
Funny. Entertaining. Suspenseful. Read it and laugh.
Read More »Book Review: Soul Stealer: Collector’s Edition by Michael Easton and Christopher Shy
The easiest analogy for the Soul Stealer trilogy is to imagine if Clive Barker took over the Starz series, Spartacus.
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