American born Chinese

Author: Yang, Gene Luen

Title: American born Chinese

Published: New York: First Second, 2006

Description: 233 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Chinese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Margolis, Rick. "American born Chinese: Gene Yang's remarkable graphic novel grapples with racial prejudice." School Library Journal 52.9 (Sept 2006): 41
• Galuschak, George. "Yang, Gene Luen. American born Chinese." Kliatt 40.6 (Nov 2006): 32
• "American Born Chinese." Publishers Weekly 253.24 (June 12, 2006): 36

Read: March 26, 2007

Wisconsin death trip

Author: Lesy, Michael

Title: Wisconsin death trip

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 1973

Description: 1 v. :ill. 22 x 28 cm.

Bibliography: [2] p. at end

Note(s): Originally presented as the author’s thesis at Rutgers University. Consists chiefly of excerpts from the Badger State banner, Black River Falls, WI., for the years 1885-1900 and of photos taken by Charles Van Schaick from 1890 to 1910. Preface by Warren Susman

Subject(s):

• Wisconsin -- History, Local
• Wisconsin -- Social conditions

Review(s):

• "Wisconsin Death Trip." The New York Times Book Review 105.9 (Feb 27, 2000): 36
• ROGERS, MICHAEL. "Wisconsin Death Trip." Library Journal 125.7 (April 15, 2000): 129

Read: March 25, 2007

Thermopylae: the battle that changed the world

Author: Cartledge, Paul

Title: Thermopylae: the battle that changed the world

Published: Woodstock: Overlook Press, 2006

Description: xxxvii, 313 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 265-295

Subject(s):

• Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
• Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
• Thermopylae (Greece) – History

Review(s):

• Freeman, Charles. "Thermopylae: The Battle that Changed the World." History Today 56.12 (Dec 2006): 65
• "Cartledge, Paul: Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World." Kirkus Reviews 74.17 (Sept 1, 2006): 883
• Freeman, Jay. "Cartledge, Paul. Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World." Booklist 103.6 (Nov 15, 2006): 19

Read: March 24, 2007

Fat city

Author: Gardner, Leonard

Title: Fat city

Published: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996

Description: 183 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969

Subject(s):

• Boxing stories

Review(s):

• "Fat City." Library Journal 121.n18 (Nov 1, 1996): 112

Read: March 23, 2007

Dermaphoria: a novel

Author: Clevenger, Craig

Title: Dermaphoria: a novel

Published: San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage, 2005

Description: 214 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction
• Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction
• Criminals -- Fiction
• Memory -- Fiction

Review(s):

• "Dermaphoria." Publishers Weekly 252.33 (August 22, 2005): 35

Read: March 22, 2007

Spoon River anthology

Author: Masters, Edgar Lee

Title: Spoon River anthology

Published: New York: Collier Books

Description: 318 p. ; 18 cm.

Bibliography: p. 317-318

Note: Introduction by May Swenson

Subject(s):

• American poetry
• Poetry, Modern -- 20th century

Review(s):

• Timoneda, Emilio. "Meditations on 'Spoon River Anthology': the epitaph as life.(America and the Spanish-Speaking World, part 2)." ANQ 10.n3 (Summer 1997): 45
• Kauffman, Bill. "The John Wilkes Booth of Poetry.(Edgar Lee Masters)." The American Enterprise 10.5 (Sept 1999): 78

Read: March 21, 2007

Love poems

Author Sexton, Anne

Title Love poems

Published: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1969

Description 67 p. 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Love poetry, American

Review(s):

• Johnson, Greg. "The achievement of Anne Sexton." Hollins Critic 21.3 (June 1984): 1

Read: March 20, 2007

Álbum

Author: Casas Broda, Ana

Title: Álbum

Published: Murcia: Mestizo, 2000

Description: 120 p. :ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Photography of the nude
• Photography of women
• Photography of families
• Cases Broda, Ana -- Family -- Pictorial works

Read: March 11, 2007

Salamander: the story of the Mormon forgery murders: with a new afterword

Author(s): Sillitoe, Linda and Allen D. Roberts

Title: Salamander: the story of the Mormon forgery murders: with a new afterword

Published: Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989

Description: xii, 570 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject(s):

• Murderers -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Biography
• Murder -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Case studies
• Forgery of manuscripts -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Case studies
• Mormon Church -- History
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -- History
• Hofmann, Mark

Review(s):

• Limerick, Patricia Nelson. "Salamander: the Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders." The Western Historical Quarterly 20.n2 (May 1989): 217
• Preston, Gregor A. "Salamander: the Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders." Library Journal 113.n13 (August 1988): 170
• Launius, Roger D. "Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders." John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 8 (1988): 79-82

Read: March 7, 2007

Fun home: a family tragicomic

Author: Bechdel, Alison

Title: Fun home: a family tragicomic

Published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006

Description: 232 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Cartoonists -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Hamer, Diane Ellen. "My father, my self.(Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic)." The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide 13.3 (May-June 2006): 37
• Cooke, Rachel. "The art of words and pictures: long considered the preserve of thrash-metal geeks, the graphic novel is entering a golden age of sophistication--and even respectability.(Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Chicken with Plums)." New Statesman (1996) 135.4811 (Sept 25, 2006): 74
• Moore, Anne Elizabeth. "The father, the daughter.(Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic)." The Women's Review of Books 24.1 (Jan-Feb 2007): 3

Read: March 6, 2007

Here, bullet

Author: Turner, Brian

Title: Here, bullet

Published: Farmington: Alice James Books, 2005

Description: x, 71 p. ; 22 cm.

Note: "2005 Beatrice Hawley Award"--Cover

Subject(s):

• Iraq War, 2003- -- Poetry
• Americans -- Iraq -- Poetry

Review(s):

• Alkoriji, Sadiq. "Turner, Brian. Here, Bullet." Library Journal 130.20 (Dec 1, 2005): 135
  Read: March 4, 2007
• Goodyear, Dana. "WAR POET.(Brian Turner, "Here, Bullet" poetry collection)." The New Yorker 81.35 (Nov 14, 2005): 39
• "Here, Bullet." Publishers Weekly 252.36 (Sept 12, 2005): 44

Read: March 4, 2007

Eugene Bullard, Black expatriate in jazz-age Paris

Author: Lloyd, Craig

Title: Eugene Bullard, Black expatriate in jazz-age Paris

Published: Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000

Description: xiv, 217 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 201-210

Subject(s):

• African American air pilots -- France -- Biography
• Air pilots, Military -- France -- Biography
• African American boxers -- Europe -- Biography
• Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- France
• Theatrical producers and directors -- France -- Biography
• Bullard, Eugene Jacques

Review(s):

• Szatmary, Dave. "Eugene Bullard: Black Expatriate in Jazz-Age Paris." Library Journal 125.13 (August 2000): 126
• Barsanti, Chris. "Eugene Bullard: Black Expatriate in Jazz-Age Paris." Book (Sept 2000): 80
• Owens, Keith A. "Eugene Bullard: Black Expatriate in Jazz-Age Paris." Black Issues Book Review 3.1 (Jan 2001): 67

Read: March 4, 2007