Archive for 2008

Mostly True

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Collected Stories & Drawings by Brian Andreas ISBN: 0964266008 We have one of Brian Andreas's Story People sculptures on our living room wall. We picked it up last summer from a funky little

Kingdom Come

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 by Mark Waid and Alex Ross with Todd Klein ISBN: 1563893177 Superheroes -- the traditional ones, with capes, such as Superman -- usually aren't my thing. All bulging muscles and unstoppable powers

The Girl in the Flammable Skirt

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 by Aimee Bender ISBN: 0385492162 I love weird stories. When I read Willful Creatures back in January, I knew I'd need to track down the rest of Bender's work. This story collection

St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 by Karen Russell ISBN: 9780307276674 This is a book of deep and intricately twisted stories, the kind that made me squirm the way only childhood injustices or impending adolescent disaster can. Russell is