Ben Varkentine returns to the mysterious plane of Mark Evanier’s marvelous Point Of View with a review of the writer’s new essay collection, Wertham Was Right! And it’s a gas…

Teen wunderkind Ned Vizzini gives us a “semi-autobiography,” and Gail Worley puts aside past animosity to deliver a verdict.

Few who have seen it dispute that for most of its run Buffy the Vampire Slayer was at the very least an entertaining, well-made series. A diverse group of scholars thinks it was more. Ben Varkentine walks the halls of Sunnydale High again to see if they’re right.

A Native American president! Fart jokes! Midget rentacops! Carl F Gauze takes a deep slug from this unhealthy bottle of urban surrealism and wonders if he’ll live to regret it.

A woman and her son find solace in an apocalyptic cult… not necessarily light summer reading, but Carl F Gauze seems to have enjoyed it.

When it comes to unmitigated admiration, it’s hard to beat fans of Joss Whedon and his flagship show, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Ben Varkentine takes a look at some of the dangers of devotion.

Love and death and Satanism play out against the bloody background of the Russian Revolution, and Carl F Gauze was there.

There are few books about witchcraft that one can recommend without reservation. Witchcraft by Ann Moura is one of them. Bettie Lou Vegas has the scoop.

Carl F Gauze delves into the past with this interesting collection of writing by prisoners from the 19th century.

Jesus Muhammad-Ali’s remembrance of Elijah Muhammad’s mission to instill pride and self-reliance in black America is plagued with acute myopia. Rob Walsh offers his particular diagnosis.

“Food has the double duty of not only nourishing the body, but also nourishing the spirit,” says Bettie Lou Vegas. See what’s cooking (and what’s not) in this collection of advice, recipes and more.

Spring is in the air, and if you’re looking for Wiccan (and other) lore regarding the season, Ostara: Customs, Spells and Rituals for the Rites of Spring may be the book for you. We get the pluses, and some minuses, from Bettie Lou Vegas.

Bettie Lou Vegas gives us the month-by-month on this year-round reference for those anticipating the coming Spring Equinox.

According to biographer Martin James, English band The Prodigy is the best rock band, period. Understandably, Dan Stapleton is somewhat skeptical.

Aleksandar Hemon’s Nowhere Man follows the adventures of Jozef Pronek, a young Sarajevan stranded in Chicago. Terry Eagan shares his insight on this work examining identity and roles.

James Mann asks, “Where’s the plane”? Actually, he doesn’t so much ask, as wonder why we aren’t asking.

“Step right up! America is for sale!” Greg Palast shows us how the powers that be got that way. It ain’t pretty. James Mann reviews The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

Eric J. Iannelli reviews Keith Botsford’s new novel, The Mothers, which asks the question: “What’s to blame when marriages turn sour?” Natural incompatitbility? Or motherhood?

Is DIY dead? No, it’s just a bit more convoluted. In Label Launch, Veronika Kalmar attempts to demystify the process of putting out your own record. Rob Walsh has a look.

The newly-translated version of W.G. Sebald’s prose poem After Nature helps Terry Eagan understand the roots of the novelist’s themes.