Print Reviews
The legacy and history of the legendary Chess Records is examined in Nadine Cohodas' new book, Spinning Blues Into Gold. Bob Pomeroy takes the book for a spin.
Original Official Joint Smoking Rules
Sure, we all know you should always "pass the dutchie pon the left hand side," but what are the other vital rules of pot etiquette? Simon Worman details them all in Original Official Joint Smoking Rules. Anton Wagner tokes and passes.
The true life story of America's favorite powdered animal cartilage is told in Carolyn Wyman's Jell-O: A Biography. Ian Koss lets you know whether the book gels.
Anton Warner delves into the "bad luck" 13th issue of the pop culture journal While You Were Sleeping, and ponders its unique "adultlescent" appeal.
Intensely personal and disturbingly familiar, Sparrow L. Patterson's debut novel, Synthetic Bi Products follows a tough teen bisexual girl from the suburbs of Chicago through an early '90s downward spiral of sex, drugs, and shoplifting. Julio Diaz can relate.
