Print Reviews

Find your next great graphic novel, retrospective, memoir, or manifesto in this all-over-the-place reading list, curated by our eclectically interested staff for your education and quiet-time entertainment.

Purple State

Purple State

Print Reviews

With her latest, bestselling author and deified Fox News den mother Dana Perino delivers something of a surprise: a fiction debut that roams beyond the boundaries of her established safe space.

Dirt & Spirit

Dirt & Spirit

Print Reviews

Author and Oklahoma native Tonya Little delivers a heartfelt tribute to a treasured Americana music scene with her engaging debut release, Dirt & Spirit:: A History of the Red Dirt Music Scene, Vol. 1.

The Spirit of Ani

The Spirit of Ani

Print Reviews

Blake R. Bickham finds Lauren Coyle Rosen and Ani DiFranco’s conversations to be an intimate portrait of DiFranco’s real life, in The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music and Freedom.

Hype Women

Hype Women

Print Reviews

You might think Erin Gallagher’s Hype Women was birthed the moment Michelle Yeoh won the 2023 Golden Globe award for best actress, Jamie Lee Curtis the enraptured midwife, but the movement — and this book — have been gestating for a long, long time.

After the Encore

After the Encore

Print Reviews

A collection of engaging interviews culled from the personal archives of Canadian radio host Shane Christopher Neal, the recently released After the Encore: Intimate Conversations with Music Legends is a page-turner for classic rock-crazed enthusiasts.

Eternally Electric: The Message in My Music

Eternally Electric: The Message in My Music

Print Reviews

In her electrifying, just-released memoir, Eternally Electric, ’80s pop music icon Debbie Gibson shares her personal rollercoaster story with candor, wit, and humility. As longtime friend and music colleague Joey McIntyre maintains in his foreword, “You think you know (Deb), but you have no idea.”

The Silent Film Universe

The Silent Film Universe

Print Reviews

Silent film historian Ben Model has created a fascinating guide to decoding the visual language of silent movies in The Silent Film Universe.

I Wish Someone Had Told Me

I Wish Someone Had Told Me

Print Reviews

With her latest book, I Wish Someone Had Told Me: The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life, bestselling author and FOX News poster girl Dana Perino, along with a massive all-star roster of contributors, delivers what Christopher Long calls an inspiring, entertaining, and highly recommended read.

Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels

Print Reviews

Hell on Wheels – Tour Stories: Remembered, Remixed, Remastered will make your liver shudder. Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Too Much Too Young, The 2 Tone Records Story

Too Much Too Young, The 2 Tone Records Story

Print Reviews

Daniel Rachel gives us a comprehensive account of the 2 Tone Records label and the innovative ska bands who fueled the movement in Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation.

Permanent Damage: Memoirs of an Outrageous Girl

Permanent Damage: Memoirs of an Outrageous Girl

Print Reviews

Possessing all the coziness of a gawk-worthy car crash, Permanent Damage, the salacious memoir from the notorious, outrageous “groupie” Miss Mercy Fontenot and celebrated pop culture journalist Lyndsey Parker, provides a surprise payoff.

Earth to Moon

Earth to Moon

Print Reviews

With her newly-released memoir, Earth to Moon, actress, podcaster, and boutique tea merchant Moon Unit Zappa delivers much more than a nitty-gritty account of life as a member of one of music’s most iconic families.

Navola

Navola

Print Reviews

Bring your loupe and spend some time poring over the maps that open Navola with Ian Koss.

Desperately Seeking Something

Desperately Seeking Something

Print Reviews

Despite its prominent, pulsating “I Am Woman” drumbeat, Desperately Seeking Something, the debut memoir from celebrated filmmaker Susan Seidelman, is a wonderful and entertaining source of inspiration and encouragement for all readers.

Vintage Tattoo Flash

Vintage Tattoo Flash

Print Reviews

Vintage Tattoo Flash collects the tear sheets of outlaw tattooist Jonathan Shaw in a rich two-volume collection.

Exordia

Exordia

Print Reviews

How can you spice up your eight-headed alien story? Ian Koss recommends you add esoteric philosophical concepts and a gripping narrative.

Exordia

Exordia

Print Reviews

How can you spice up your eight-headed alien story? Ian Koss recommends you add esoteric philosophical concepts and a gripping narrative.

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Interviews

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