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I'm especially keen on nonfiction, but like fiction as well. Magazines are featured here, too.
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Giant Robot Magazine
27 people recommended this item
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I've been reading Giant Robot Magazine for several years, and it's been a favourite source of information on pop culture, Asian and Asian-American perspectives, art and music. This is one of those magazines I always have to subscribe to, and it has yet to let me down.
Plus, their online store has loads of stuff to absolutely go mad over. Many of my Wish List items are from their store.
Updated Sep 29, 2008
One Hundred Demons (Alex Awards) - Lynda Barry
First to recommend
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I borrowed this book from the library, and could really relate to much of what Barry was going through as she grew up. This memoir, told through the use of comics (or, if you prefer, sequential art), is funny and poignant. What I found familiar was when she focused on her Philippine family, like the lore of the aswang.
This was really enjoyable, and I'd like to own a copy for myself eventually, but for now, my broke self can always go to the library and check it out.
Updated May 17, 2008
Sleepwalk and Other Stories by Adrian Tomine
First to recommend
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I only just bought this yesterday, but I know I will be reading this slim volume for years to come. Adrian Tomine is an amazing storyteller, utilising both his artwork in creating pictorial characters and settings, and his perfect use of dialogue, and knowing when silence is the best means of expression.
The short segments in this book are delicate and poignant in relaying moments that happen every day. The regret, fear, anxiety, awkwardness, hope, heartache... it's all so well-told and well-shown. The scenes in these tales are actually *felt* as opposed to merely being understood, because you've found yourself in a situation similar to what you're reading, or you know someone who has.
I strongly recommend this for anyone curious about comics and graphic novels outside of the superhero and horror genres.
Updated May 16, 2008
BUST Magazine
9 people recommended this item
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I've been a happy subscriber to BUST for years now, and I love the articles, recommendations and other fun works and words encased within. Happy-happy stuff for geek-rockers, post-fem homemakers, art school drop-outs, lesbian fashionistas, button-pushers, indie chicks and rollerderby queens.
Definitely for those of us sick of the average women's magazine articles: "Straight-off-the-runway hair styles," "How to please him in bed," "What to wear now." Gah.
I had to put up the Elijah Wood cover, because he's so gosh-darn cute.
Updated Apr 19, 2008
Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates
First to recommend
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This book was my introduction to Richard Yates, who has become one of my favourite writers because of the melancholy lining his work. He writes a wonderful and tragic story of ambition, dreams deferred and desires that are never quite followed through.
Although sometimes referred to as a Beat Writer, Yates to me is set apart from Kerouac & crew, focusing instead on the undercurrents of unhappiness in "normal" life. The characters in the book are familiar and timeless, as the story itself was published in 1961.
That this was Yates' first novel is astounding. It's a work so exceptional and perfect, that the characters, especially April Wheeler, still enter my mind long after I've read it. If you love good writing and would like to see the quiet fuss about this "writer's writer," please pick up a copy of this book from your library or purchase a copy.
Updated Apr 18, 2008
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
3 people recommended this item
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This is the first volume of the two graphic novels that inspired the eponymous film, and it's excellent. It's a quick read, but the intensity of the author's experiences and family history are weighty, but very pertinent in helping us understand the Iranian Revolution, and its affect on everyday people.
The story is told honestly and in an entertaining manner, and I love the simplicity of the artwork as well. It's an essential read for anyone into graphic novels and memoir.
Updated Apr 17, 2008
Suite Française - Irene Nemirovsky
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This elegant, heart-wrenching work by Irene Nemirovsky was intended to be part of a larger novel, but was left unfinished because she was sent to a concentration camp during World War II, where she met her unfortunate death.
What we do have from Irene Nemirovsky is a work of deep humanity, including a sympathy for her characters and their flaws, as well as an understanding in how people can be motivated in their actions. I loved this book--the writing is graceful and wonderfully descriptive, and it gives a slice of life during the Nazi Occupation of France, which is a subject not many Americans are familiar with.
Updated Apr 16, 2008
MONOCLE Magazine
7 people recommended this item
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I discovered Monocle at issue 7, and have been a rabid reader ever since.
Updated Apr 16, 2008
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