Everything Bad is Good For You
Nerdia reviews Steven Johnson's thought-provoking defense of video games
and other low culture delights
Hot Line: The Letters I Get...and Write
By Burt Reynolds
A long, long time ago, before the dawn of the computer age, women thought
Burt Reynolds was sexy. Strange but true. Julie Wiskirchen explores this
ancient phenomenon in her book review.
Kate the Great
Reviews of two Katharine Hepburn novelty books: At Home With Kate
(Growing Up in Katharine Hepburn's Household) by Eileen Considine-Meara
and How to Hepburn (Lessons on Living from Kate the Great) by
Karen Karbo.
Katharine Hepburn: Star as Feminist
Love me, love my Katharine Hepburn theories! M. E. Ladd reviews the heady
film theory of Andrew Britton and his book on the feminist relevance of
Katharine Hepburn.
Red Lobster Sizzles
Ann Cefola reviews the book Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon
by Joe Queenan. Peruse the quagmire of pop culture with a man who tried
to resist!
Would It Kill You To Read This Stuff
Reviews of Generation X (Tales For An Accelerated Culture) by Douglas
Coupland; Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality by Neal
Gabler; Why We Watch: Killing the Gilligan Within by Dr. Will Miller;
A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace;
Mystery Train by David Wojahn.
I Almost Killed George Burns
Mary Elizabeth Ladd reviews the Andy Nulman book about the bad behavior
of comedy legends at the Canadian comedy festival "Just For Laughs."
Laguna Beach: Life Inside the Bubble
Julie Wiskirchen learns more than she wanted to know about the children
who would grow up to be the hot teens of Laguna Beach
