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- What’s New for the 16th of August: Deborah Grabien’s music criticism essays; new Americana and jazz, and some music for the Dog Days of Summer
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Strangeness
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- What’s New for the 26th of July: Witches in fiction, both books and film; an Americana reissue and some music on a smoky theme
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
Category Archives: Graphic Literature
Art Spiegelman’s MetaMaus
Art Spiegelman’s Maus was a monumental undertaking. I don’t mean because of how it changed the way the world looks at and thinks about Hitler’s genocide against the Jews of Europe, or the way the world looks at and thinks … Continue reading
Art Spiegelman’s Maus II, And Here My Troubles Began
And Here My Troubles Began is the second volume of Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning depiction of his father’s experiences in the Holocaust in graphic novel form. It is the culmination of the story that began in Vol. I, subtitled My … Continue reading
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Tagged graphic novel
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Art Spiegelman’s Maus, A Survivor’s Tale, Vol. I, My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman’s Maus has made a lot of waves in its 25 years. It was the first (and still the only) comic or graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize. In doing so, it brought graphica farther into the mainstream … Continue reading
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Andy Diggle, Leonardo Manco, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefan Landini’s John Constantine: The Roots of Coincidence
The Roots of Coincidence brings together issues 243-244 and 247-249 of the long-running Vertigo title Hellblazer. These issues were penned by Andy Diggle, who helmed the series for 15 issues (as well as the Lady Constantine spin-off). He’s joined on … Continue reading
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Tagged comics
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Joss Whedon, Karl Moline and Jeff Loeb’s Time Of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight Volume 4)
Since I reviewed Volume Five before I received this pretty parcel, I know what will be coming down the road. This review could have a bit of a spoiler taste to it, but I promise to be as good a … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, comics
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Joss Whedon’s Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight Volume Five)
Predators and Prey is volume five of Whedon’s “Buffy Season Eight,” otherwise known as The Buffy Story After The TV Show Wrapped. While earlier volumes like Wolves At The Gate and The Long Way Home were slam-bang action fests or … Continue reading
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Frank Beddor with Liz Cavalier’s Hatter M, Volume Two: Mad With Wonder
Faith J. Cormier wrote this review. As this second volume of Hatter M graphic novel collection opens, Hatter Madigan is still following the Glow, searching the world for Princess Alyss Heart of Wonderland, trapped in our imagination-poor universe instead of … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy
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Brian Azzarello & Victor Santos’s Filthy Rich
Pity the protagonist of noir fiction. Because he dwells in that world of dangerous dames, brawny gangsters and flashy period cars — not to mention impressive and stylish men’s hats — he does not have the opportunity to read noir, … Continue reading
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John Ostrander and Timothy Truman’s Grimjack: Killer Instinct
I bust people out of prison, hunt down vampires, fight alien gods – all the fun jobs other people are too squeamish or too polite to do themselves. Call me a mercenary. Call me an assassin. Call me a villain. … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, urban fantasy
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Holly Black & Ted Naifeh’s The Good Neighbors, Book One: Kin
When I agreed to review this Holly Black-Ted Naifeh collaboration, I didn’t notice that it was a graphic novel. When it arrived in the mail I was a bit taken aback. I’m not a huge fan of graphic novels and … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, YA fantasy
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