One more theory about happiness: a memoir

Author: Guest, Paul

Title: One more theory about happiness: a memoir

Published: New York: Ecco, 2010

Description: 202 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number: PS3607 U47 Z46 2010

Subject(s):

• Guest, Paul
• Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography
• Quadriplegics -- United States -- Biography

Review(s):

• "ONE MORE THEORY ABOUT HAPPINESS: A Memoir." Kirkus Reviews 78, no. 5 (March 2010): 182

Read: July 9, 2010

Maus II: a survivor’s tale: and here my troubles began

Author: Spiegelman, Art

Title: Maus II: a survivor’s tale: and here my troubles began

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 1991

Description: 135 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: D804.3 S66 1991

Subject(s):

• Spiegelman, Vladek -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Spiegelman, Art -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Children of Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• McGlothin, Erin. "No Time Like the Present: Narrative and Time in Art Spiegelman's Maus." Narrative 11, no. 2 (May 2003): 177
• Halkin, H. "Inhuman comedy." Commentary 93, no. 2 (February 1992): 55
• Stone, L. "Chasing History." Nation 254, no. 1 (January 6, 1992): 28-2

Read: July 8, 2010

Paths of glory

Author: Cobb, Humphrey, 1899-1944

Title: Paths of glory

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2010

Description: xxviii, 190 p. ; 20 cm.

Call Number: PS3505 O1385 P37 2010

Note(s): Introduction by James H. Meredith; foreword by David Simon

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
• Trials (Treason) -- France -- Fiction
• Mutiny -- France -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Military discipline -- France -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940 -- Fiction
• War stories

Review(s):

• Smith, Julian. "A Source for Faulkner's A Fable." American Literature 40, no. 3 (November 1968): 394
• Codman, Florence. "The Other Kind of War Book." Nation 140, no. 3650 (June 19, 1935): 716

Read: July 7, 2010

Maus: a survivor’s tale

Author: Spiegelman, Art

Title: Maus: a survivor’s tale

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 1986

Description: 159 p. :chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.

Call Number: D810 J4 S643 1986

Subject(s):

• Spiegelman, Vladek -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Spiegelman, Art -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Children of Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Rifkind, Candida. "Drawn from Memory: Comics Artists and Intergenerational Auto/biography." Canadian Review of American Studies 38, no. 3 (October 2008): 399-427
• Loman, Andrew. "Well Intended Liberal Slop": Allegories of Race in Spiegelman's Maus." Journal of American Studies 40, no.3 (December 2006): 551-571
• Chute, Hillary. "The Shadow of a Past Time": History and Graphic Representation in Maus." Twentieth Century Literature 52, no. 2 (Summer 2006): 199-230

Read: June 20, 2010

It was the war of the trenches

Author: Tardi, Jacques

Uniform Title: C’était la guerre des tranchées. English

Title: It was the war of the trenches

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2010

Description: 118 p. :chiefly ill. ; 28 m.

Call Number: PN6747 T37 C4813 2010

Bibliography: p. 121

Filmography: p. 120

Note(s): Edited and translated by Kim Thompson

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918 -- Comic books, strips, etc
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Trench warfare -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- France -- Translations into English
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Cornog, Martha. "It Was the War of the Trenches." Library Journal 135, no. 9 (May 15, 2010): 66
• "It Was the War of the Trenches." Publishers Weekly 257, no. 17 (April 26, 2010): 95
• Flagg, Gordon. "It Was the War of the Trenches." Booklist 106, no. 15 (April 2010): 31

Read: June 9, 2010

Black passport

Author: Greene, Stanley

Title: Black passport

Published: New York: Aperture Foundation, 2009

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Call Number: TR820.6 G74 2009

Note(s): Compiled by Teun van der Heijden

Subject(s):

• Greene, Stanley
• War photography
• Photography, Artistic

Review(s):

• Murrmann, Mark. "Black Passport." Mother Jones 35, no. 3 (May 2010): 68

Read: May 28, 2010

Wilson

Author: Clowes, Daniel

Title: Wilson

Published: Montréal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2010

Description: 77 p. :chiefly col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 C56 W55 2010

Subject(s):

• Middle-aged men --Comic books, strips, etc. --Fiction
• American wit and humor, Pictorial
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Flagg, Gordon. "Wilson." Booklist 106, no. 19/20 (June 2010): 49
• Kois, Dan. "PANEL DISCUSSION DANIEL CLOWES COVERS CARTOON HISTORY IN ONE GRAPHIC NOVEL." New York 43, no. 15 (May 10, 2010): 108
• "Wilson." World Literature Today 84, no. 3 (May 2010): 8

Read: May 3, 2010