NeoGuides / Read Archive: Winter '08
In this edition: The tale of a seven-year homage to Indy; fascinatingly off-kilter fiction; memoirs that leave you wanting more; the great stories of rock revisited; and a must-read blog for booklovers.
Raiders: Adaptation
Coming, as it did, after a 19-year gap, the movie sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was much anticipated and hugely publicised. It got a reasonably enthusiastic critical ... more
No One Belongs Here More Than You
American writer Miranda July is really … unusual. For a start, she refuses to be boxed in to any one category. She is a writer, performance artist, musician, provocateur, actor and film director. ... more
Craig Sherborne Memoirs
Another writer worth getting to know is Craig Sherborne. A former journalist, an essayist, playwright, poet and memoirist, Sherborne seems to have an unusually golden touch: pretty much everything he ... more
Paper Cuts
There are plenty of blogs about books around, but few as wide-ranging, erudite and entertaining as Paper Cuts, by The New York Times Book Review editors. Contributors are un ... more
Rock's Backpages
For people who love the back story almost as much as the music, Rock's Backpages is an all too tempting place to idle. Set up by well known music writer Barney Hoskyns, it's an ever- ex ... more